The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) main location is in Teddington, South West London. NPL is a world-leading centre in the development and application of highly accurate measurement techniques. As the UK’s national standards laboratory, NPL underpins the national measurements system, ensuring consistency and traceability of measurements throughout the UK. As an integral part of the UK’s innovation infrastructure, it is the job of NPL to help bridge the gap between scientific research and innovative technologies which can be applied throughout the world. To deliver this, NPL works in partnership with over 75 universities worldwide and over 2000 companies. 59% of NPLs projects are collaborative in nature, this is highlighted by a growing number of activities that are strongly linked to academia, industry, as well as domestic and foreign government agencies. NPL is active in the development of the metrology underpinning the industrial exploitation of advanced materials.