In 2006, the headquarters of SIMT was moved to Zhangjiang high-tech Park in the Pudong New Area. Since then, SIMT has got two wings to fly, one wing is the headquarters in the east area of Shanghai (Zhangjiang high-tech Park), the other wing is in the west area of Shanghai which has four branches of SIMT. Now SIMT holds laboratory area of 105,000m2, equipments of 860,000,000RMB worth of value, in which many types of equipment represent the advanced technical achievements in the international measurement area. The comprehensive technical capability and equipment strength of SIMT have reached the top level within counterparts in China.
As an important platform providing technical support for the administrative departments and public services for the society, SIMT is furnished with complete resources and equipments. Some laboratories and large-scale precision instruments have been listed in the Shanghai Cooperation and Sharing Platform of Large-scale Instruments, providing sufficient instrument resources and services to the public.
For many years, under the support from the national and the Shanghai municipal government, SIMT has introduced a large number of instruments and equipments with the international level. The first electron microscope and the first mass spectrograph in the country were imported and put into use by SIMT. At present, SIMT owns various kinds of advanced large and medium-sized physical and chemical analysis instruments of more than 100 sets, the international most advanced acoustic measurement laboratory, the advanced EMC laboratory, the 50-meter indoor super length worktable to verify optics instruments, the international advanced automatic precision gear measuring system, etc.
SIMT has established the laboratory information management system (LIMS), which can ensure the share of resources, high sufficient management and reliable data.
