Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies

The VDE e. V. is a German technical-scientific association. VDE is best known for creating and maintaining standards in the field of electric safety and has a strong influence on the DIN (German Institute for Standardization). Organization VDE has about 36,000 members (including 1,300 companies), according to his own statements and is one of the largest technical and scientific associations in Europe. The VDE is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main and has main branches in Brussels and Berlin. President of VDE is the former Alcatel and Alstrom Power manager Alf Henryk Wulf. VDE carries out standardization work, product testing and certification. VDE is involved in technical knowledge transfers, research and promoting young talents in the technologies of electrical engineering, electronics and information technology and their applications. Other VDE activities include ensuring safety in electrical engineering, developing recognized technical regulations as national and international standards as well as testing and certifying electrical and electronic devices and systems. VDE works in the fields of information technology, energy, medical engineering, microelectronics, micro and nanotechnology and automation. History The first electrotechnical association in the territory of the then German Empire had existed since 1879. On January 21 and 22, 1893, 37 delegates from various German-speaking electrical engineering associations founded the VDE in Berlin. The first technical committee of the VDE was formed at the first annual meeting. Their task was to draw up regulations for electrical systems. As a result, the first “VDE regulation”, "VDE 0100", was passed in 1895 for the safe creation of electrotechnical systems.