Claudia Sirch is a global chief engineer who heads the Electrical Tech team in Europe at testing, inspection and certification giant Intertek. A graduate in engineering physics, she tells e-tech about the joys of her...
In February 2022, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) became a recognizing National Certification Body (NCB) of the IEC System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components (IECEE). As a...
David Hanlon is the Conformity Assessment Board (CAB) Secretary at the IEC. He explains how testing and certification are indispensable tools in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The IEC operates four Conformity Assessment Systems that ensure products adhere to IEC Standards. IECEE, the IEC System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components, offers testing and...
Since January, Steven Margis has begun serving as the new Chair of IECEE, the IEC System for Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components. With a career in conformity assessment spanning...
While the pandemic has posed a number of challenges for IEC Conformity Assessment Systems, cyber security schemes look set to be one of the key areas of growth in the future.
The United Kingdom left the European Union on 1 January 2021. For the purposes of testing and certification, the UK first amended the previous national implementation of EU Directives using UK Statutory Instrument (SI)...
In 2020, the IEC appointed Trond Sollie as its Ambassador for IEC Conformity Assessment training needs for the Affiliate Country Programme. Sollie has over 30 years of experience working in conformity assessment at both...
Digital transformation has accelerated across industries since the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic, as the world continues to adapt to new ways of living, working, learning and delivering key services, such as...
The Riyadh International Standards Summit held on 4 November 2020 examined the themes of Global crises need global solutions – How international standards can help and Digital transformation and the role of international...
LED lights last longer and use less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs. That is why they have become such an integral part of our lives, lighting everything from our homes and places of work to our streets, cars...
Wolfram Zeitz took up his new role in January 2020 as Executive Secretary for IECEE, the IEC System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components and IECRE, the IEC System for...
Half of the manufacturing companies that took part in a recent survey in the US admitted they had suffered a data breach or cyber attack in the previous 12 months. Unfortunately, such attacks are part of a growing global...
The IECEE Industrial Cyber Security Programme enables manufacturers to demonstrate that their industrial automation equipment complies with regulations.
Over the past year, IECEE has been considering several partnerships with other organizations which could enhance certification activities in the area of energy efficient products, sustainable lighting and certain aspects...
From household appliances to office equipment and medical devices, when we purchase electronic products, we expect them to function properly and to be able to use them safely. We assume that this has been taken care of...
Each year sees an increase not only in the number of countries participating in the IEC Affiliate Country Programme but also in the number of International Standards adopted as national ones, national electrotechnical...
