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IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission)

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Short Description

  • Responsible for norms and standards in the field of electrical engineering and electronics
  • The global IEC platform to ensure that products work everywhere safely with each other by preparing and publishing globally relevant International Standards for the whole energy chain, including all electrical, electronic and related technologies, devices and systems
  • IEC standards cover a vast range of technologies from power generation, transmission and distribution to home appliances and office equipment, semiconductors, fibre optics, batteries, solar energy, nanotechnology and marine energy as well as many others

Facts and Figures

  • Founded in 1906, in Landon, United Kingdom
  • Relocation to Geneva, Switzerland in 1948
  • 1938 A multilingual international dictionary is published to standardize electrical engineering terms.

Statkeholders

Members of the IEC

Use Cases

Distribution of energy, electronics, magnetism and electromagnetism, electroacoustics, multimedia, telecommunications and medical technology as well as general disciplines such as technical vocabulary and symbols, electromagnetic compatibility, metrology and operational behavior, reliability, design and development, safety and environment

Industry Sector

Standards organization

International Distribution

Sources

https://iec.ch/homepage