UKWF User Guide – Medical Weighing
The UKWF has written some guidance for users of weighing equipment in the medical environment, to highlight the regulatory requirements that must be met. Download the User Guide for Medical
UKWF Strategic Plan 2025-2028
At our AGM and Regional Meeting last week, we launched our new three-year strategic plan. It’s available to read in full on our website here. This plan outlines our ambitions
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF WEIGHING – CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
9th Jun 2022 It will be a key event for everyone involved in weighing by bringing together researchers, industry and authorities from all over the world. During the three days there will
IMPERIAL MEASURES WILL BRING NO BENEFITS FOR UK BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS
If the Government intends to bring back Imperial measurements for use in the UK, this will bring large and unnecessary costs for the weighing industry, the retailers it supplies, and in turn
BEIS TRAINING – UKCA MARKING & PLACING ON THE MARKET
BEIS has released its 2022 schedule of webinars for new UK conformity assessment marking (UKCA) and placing goods on the market in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. All sessions will
OPS&S ANNOUNCE CHANGES TO CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODY SERVICES IN UK
7th Sep 2021 The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has announced that it no longer plans to provide commercial Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) services for metrology products under the NMO
WHY QUALITY SHOULD BE FRONT OF MIND WHEN INVESTING IN WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS
20th May 2021 On World Metrology Day today (20 May) UKWF’s legal metrology expert and technical officer, Ian Turner, discusses the importance of accurate weighing and the benefits of using quality weighing
UK WEIGHING FEDERATION AND GAMBICA ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP
30th Mar 2021 We are delighted to announce that the UK Weighing Federation (UKWF) has agreed a partnership with GAMBICA, the trade association for Instrumentation, Control, Automation and Laboratory Technology in the
UKWF MEMBER APPRENTICES WEIGH UP THE BENEFITS OF AN APPRENTICESHIP IN LEGAL METROLOGY
10th Feb 2021 As we celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, there may be many young people who haven’t considered a career in the weighing industry when looking for their placement, but it’s certainly
MEET OUR PRESIDENT, GRAHAM SPINK.
1st Dec 2020 Back in April 2020, Graham Spink was appointed as the new President of the UK Weighing Federation. Since then he has steered the Federation through what has been a