1. OUTLINEThe Japan Measuring Instruments Federation(JMIF) is an association specialized for
manufacturers and organizations related tomeasuring instruments in Japan as itsmembers.
JMIF was established in 1952 aiming tocontributeto

theeconomic

growthandimprovement of Japanese people’s lives throughpromoting the measurement industry.
The main activities by JMIF range fromsupporting new technology development in

The 8th JMIF General Assembly

measuring, conducting demand trends survey, developing domestic andoverseas markets, in order to enhance global cooperation in order to fulfill its goal.
As of April 2020, JMIF has 123 companies and 5 groups as its members, and 16 companies
and 4 groups as association members.
JMIF organization

General AssemblyTechnical Committees

Board of Directors

Board of Executive Directors

Standing Committees

・Length Measuring Instruments

・ General Affairs and Policy Committee

・Weighing Instruments

・ Labor Affairs Committee

・Level Gauges

・ Technical Committee

・Flow Meters

・ Marketing Development Committee
・ Public Relations Committee
・ Environmental Committee
・ International Business Committee
・ Healthcare Committee

Committee of Experts

Secretariat

・JIS, ISO Committee

・General Affairs Department

・OIML National Mirror

・Liaison Department

Committee etc.

2. Major Activities
1）for Technical Development
Under

theinnovation

ongoinginthetechnologicalfieldsofIT,

nanotechnology, biotechnology, healthcare
andenvironment,challenging

newly

occurring issues has become an importantbusiness
instruments

strategy

formeasuring

manufacturers.

JMIF

supports the development of sophisticated measuring instruments in the following means:holding lectures and seminars regarding the latest technology, conducting demand trends
survey, inviting experts from respective field, and examining the findings by industryacademia-government collaboration.
2) for Establishment and Promotion of Standardization
At the global level, smooth trading and fair international transactions have been strongly
requested recently, which has resulted in stressing the consistency between the domestic
metrology law and international standards. So, JMIF undertakes deliberations in the same
position of manufacturers, and recommends the opinions and proposals to be reflected ingovernment policies as well as in international standards. Thus, JMIF plays a key role inorder to achieve the goal of international harmonization. In the meantime, the usage ofmeasuring instruments has become increasingly diversified and complicated in parallelwith the transition of industrial structure. This causes the strong request for publishingdescriptions or organization standards.
Therefore, JMIF as an expert group utilizes its know-how to respond to these requests andmakes efforts to widespread the fundamental knowledge of measuring instruments.
3) for New Marketing Development
In order to explore potential demands bothin domestic and overseas markets, JMIF
hasorganized

theIMTERMEASURE

exhibition for over 50 years. The latest
products,

technologies

instrumentsandofrelated

measuring
services

areattention

tointroduced at the exhibition.
InSpecial display area on AWI atINTERMEASURE 2018

addition,JMIF

pays

overseas markets in order to explore potential markets and networks. Based on thisobjective, JMIF has sent the delegation to Europe, Russia, North America and South-East
Asia since JMIF’s start.
4）for Promoting International Cooperation
JMIF has established cooperative relationships
with overseas organizations in Europe, Chinaand Korea. JMIF has shown successful resultswith China since 1983 holding regular meetings.
ChinaWeighing

Instruments

Association(CWIA), Korean Association of Standards andTesting Organizations (KASTO) and JMIF haveheld a seminar every two years to exchange
information on latest technologies in eachGroup photo at CECIP GA 2016

country and enhance international cooperation.
JMIF also joins International Cooperation Group (ICG) meeting established in 2016 by
CECIP (European Weighing Instruments Association) with SMA in US, CWIA to exchange
information on the global markets and technical documents.
JMIF also supports international metrology programs such as JICA and AOTS activities.