Publications

The German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (ZVEI) supports the efforts of the EU Commission to boost the role of plastics in a circular economy. The electrical industry…

Part 1 - The exchange of information between partners in the value chain of Industrie 4.0

The aim of this document is to make selected specifications of the structure of the Administration Shell in…

Preliminary remarks

Digitalisation brings a fundamental structural change to both the economy and society. The German electrical industry interlinks with its products and solutions the analogue and…

The replacement of the two standards EN 60950-1 and EN 60065 by EN 62368-1 generates a lot of movement in the standards landscape. The official successor is EN 62368-1, but it clearly focuses on the…

The electrical industry stands for a strong and united Europe, for open markets and competition, for common values and solidarity. This is why the ZVEI is presenting a position paper on European…

The technical guideline ZVEI-TLF 0100 describes application notes for automotive cables.

The directions in the TLF serve the manufacturer and/or the OEM to prepare individual…

The present white paper "Fault tolerance in machine safety" describes for the first time a way in which fault-tolerant safety functions can be used to maintain the continued operation of a…

Lead oxides and complex oxides containing lead, which are well known constituents of ceramics, were added to the 8th revision of the SVHC candidate list of the EU REACH regulation (EC) No 1907/2006…

Lead oxides and complex oxides containing lead, which are well known constituents of glass, were added to the 8th revision of the SVHC candidate list of the EU REACH regulation ((EC) No 1907/2006)…

Industry 4.0 is inconceivable without connectivity and communication. The elements of the various value chains exchange different types of data for different purposes in order to fulfil their…