What Is VDE

What is VDE

VDE is a German organisation established for information-technology, electrical, and electronic products. Its core goals are to support the advancement of new technologies and to raise safety standards, and it operates worldwide.

VDE centres its work on testing and standards for electrical and electronic products. Around 100,000 products are tested each year. Tests and standards have been developed for a wide set of everyday products, from personal electrical appliances through to home and information-technology equipment. Around 200,000 products worldwide currently carry the VDE mark.