IMEKO - International Measurement Confederation

What IMEKO - International Measurement Confederation does

IMEKO - International Measurement Confederation is a non-profit international confederation founded in 1958, dedicated to advancing measurement science and metrology. The organization operates 26 Technical Committees (TC1-TC26) covering domains including force, mass, torque, electrical quantities, temperature, photometry, chemistry, energy, food and nutrition, archaeology, cultural heritage, robotics, and quantum measurement. Its member base comprises national metrology institutes from more than 25 countries across Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East, including PTB (Germany), INMETRO (Brazil), and member organizations from Japan, China, Thailand, UAE, Croatia, Finland, Italy, Kenya, Sweden, and the UK. The Secretariat is hosted at PTB in Braunschweig, Germany, and the legal entity is domiciled in Italy. Governance is via a Presidential Board, Technical Board, and General Council drawn from member organizations.

IMEKO's core offerings are knowledge-community products rather than commercial technology: the open-access Acta IMEKO journal (now in volume 15 / year 2026, with issues containing 15-21 peer-reviewed research papers each); the triennial IMEKO World Congress (Hamburg 2024, Rimini 2027, Krakow 2030 scheduled); 26 Technical Committee conferences, workshops, and seminars; a monthly newsletter; a DOI-indexed proceedings repository; and a conferences.imeko.org event management portal. In parallel, IMEKO co-publishes the Measurement journal family with Elsevier, including thematic titles covering digitalization, food, sensors, and energy. The organization holds formal roles in international metrology governance, including representation on CIPM's SI Digital Framework working group and co-signatory status on the Joint Statement of Intent on Digital Transformation with OIML, CIML, BIPM, ISC, and CODATA.

Revenue is generated through membership dues from national member organizations, conference and workshop registration fees, and publishing activities (with Elsevier as a key distribution partner). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; Acta IMEKO is published open-access without stated article processing charges. The go-to-market motion is community-led: growth in participation is driven by scientific reputation, conference quality, and the prestige of peer-reviewed publishing rather than commercial sales. The organization has 13 employees and operates without external investors, parent companies, or subsidiaries.

Name

IMEKO - International Measurement Confederation

Legal name

IMEKO - International Measurement Confederation

Website

https://imeko.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IMEKO is a non-profit international confederation founded in 1958 that advances measurement science and metrology through 26 Technical Committees, the triennial World Congress, and the Acta IMEKO open-access journal, serving national metrology institutes and research professionals across 25+ countries.

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Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Standards, Metrology & Accreditation Bodies (BPAIAOAC)

Keywords

• Measurement science
• Metrology conferences
• Scientific publishing
• Technical committees
• Professional association

Headquarters

HQ city

Braunschweig

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: IMEKO operates as a membership-based organization with member countries and organizations paying dues to participate in the confederation.
2. Conference Registrations: Revenue from organizing World Congresses (triennial) and Technical Committee conferences and workshops worldwide.
3. Publishing: Acta IMEKO open-access journal publishes research papers. The organization also has Measurement Journals published by Elsevier.

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Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

IMEKO is a non-profit international confederation of national metrology institutes that advances measurement science globally by organizing triennial World Congresses and Technical Committee conferences, publishing peer-reviewed research through the open-access Acta IMEKO journal, and coordinating 26 specialized Technical Committees across all domains of metrology. Its offerings serve member organizations, research institutions, and industry professionals through scientific events, publications, and professional networking.

Product overview

IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation) is a global confederation focused on measurement science and metrology. Rather than a unified software product, IMEKO offers a portfolio of publication and knowledge-sharing services including the open-access Acta IMEKO journal, the triennial IMEKO World Congress, 26 Technical Committees covering specialized metrology domains, monthly newsletters, a proceedings repository with DOIs, and an event portal for conference management. The organization collaborates with partners including Elsevier for journal publishing, EUROLAB, and participates in BIPM initiatives on digital transformation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Acta IMEKO: Open-access peer-reviewed journal publishing research papers on measurement science and metrology.
• Measurement: Digitalisation
• Measurement: Food
• Measurement Sensors

Products and services

• Acta IMEKO Journal Open-access online journal publishing peer-reviewed research papers on measurement science and metrology, including general tracks and thematic issues from IMEKO conferences.
• IMEKO World Congress Triennial international congress bringing together metrology experts from industry and academia, with the XXVth edition scheduled for Rimini, Italy in 2027.
• IMEKO Technical Committees (TC1-TC26) 26 specialized technical committees covering metrology domains including force measurement, digitalization, energy measurement, chemical measurements, robotics, and metrology for cultural heritage.
• IMEKO Monthly Newsletter Monthly newsletter covering IMEKO news, conference announcements, interviews with members, publishing updates, and metrology community developments.
• IMEKO Proceedings Repository Archive of conference proceedings with Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) assigned to papers, allowing searchable access to historical metrology research.
• IMEKO Event Portal Platform for managing IMEKO conferences, symposia, and workshops, including registration and event coordination.
• Measurement Journal (Elsevier) Peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier covering measurement science, including special issues like Measurement: Digitalisation and Measurement: Energy.

Quantifiable outcome

• 26 active Technical Committees organizing annual conferences and workshops
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EUROLABcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2022EUROLAB is a European federation of measurement and testing laboratories. Cooperation between IMEKO and EUROLAB was renewed and extended with both presidents signing a new Memorandum of Understanding. EUROLAB supports IMEKO events and the two organizations explore further opportunities for collaboration.
• CEEES (Confederation of European Environmental Engineering Societies)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMEKO partnered with CEEES which introduced itself to IMEKO community in the June 2025 newsletter. The partnership supports cross-disciplinary collaboration between environmental engineering and measurement science.
• APMP (Asian Pacific Metrology Programme)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPMP is IMEKO's new external partner, providing collaboration between Asian Pacific metrology organizations and IMEKO's global network.
• SIM (Inter-American Metrology System)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIM recently became a closer partner to IMEKO, enabling collaboration between American metrology organizations and IMEKO's global membership.
• BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMEKO is active in the BIPM-initiated Joint Statement of Intent on Digital Transformation in the international scientific and quality infrastructure. IMEKO participates in the SI Digital Framework initiative working on worldwide uniform and secure data exchange.
• ISO (International Organization for Standardization)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerISO shared its Strategy to Meet Global Needs with IMEKO members. Collaboration between international standards organizations and metrology confederation.
• CIPM (International Committee for Weights and Measures)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA special, cross-disciplinary working group represents IMEKO in CIPM's effort to develop the SI Digital Framework.
• OIML (International Organization of Legal Metrology)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMEKO signed a Joint Statement of Intent on digital transformation with OIML, CIML, BIPM, ISC, and CODATA.
• ElseviercoreTechnology or IntegrationElsevier is the publisher of IMEKO's Measurement Journals and Acta IMEKO. Elsevier organized MeSSAC conference in Hangzhou, China with prominent IMEKO presence. Anna Hajduk serves as journal publisher at Elsevier for IMEKO publications.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ISO (International Organization for Standardization): Global standards body with broad remit across industries, including metrology-related technical committees. Comparable as a peer standards organisation but with a much broader scope; IMEKO shares strategy and member relationships with ISO.
• ASTM International: Large international standards organisation publishing technical standards across many industries. Comparable as a peer in publishing standards and organising technical committees, but with a much broader industry focus than IMEKO.
• IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society: Professional society focused on instrumentation and measurement within IEEE. Comparable as a peer publishing journals (e.g., IEEE TIM) and conferences (e.g., I2MTC) in the same measurement-science domain, but operating under a broader engineering umbrella.

Direct peers

• APMP (Asia Pacific Metrology Programme): Regional metrology organisation coordinating national institutes across Asia-Pacific. Comparable to IMEKO as an existing partner that operates at a regional rather than global level in the same measurement-science space.
• BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures): Intergovernmental body that maintains the SI system and works with national metrology institutes globally. Directly comparable to IMEKO as both are international measurement-science organisations that coordinate with the same NMIs (e.g., PTB).
• EUROLAB: European federation of measurement and testing laboratories with formal cooperation (MoU) with IMEKO. Comparable as a federating body for measurement/testing institutions, with overlapping member organisations.
• NCSL International: US-based professional society for measurement science and standards, operating technical committees and conferences on metrology. Comparable to IMEKO as a measurement-science professional community with events and publications.
• CODATA (Committee on Data for Science and Technology): International data-science committee under the International Science Council. Comparable as a co-signatory of the digital transformation statement and as a scientific-community convenor relevant to metrology data standards.
• OIML (International Organization of Legal Metrology): Intergovernmental organisation focused on legal metrology, regulations, and measurement standards. Directly comparable as an international measurement organisation with which IMEKO jointly signed the digital transformation statement of intent.
• SIM (Inter-American Metrology System / Sistema Interamericano de Metrología): Regional inter-American metrology organisation. Directly comparable as a partnered peer serving overlapping NMIs in the Americas with similar conference and technical-coordination activities.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IMEKO_News
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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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