Editor’s observe: This text relies on press launch 2026-053 issued by VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik eV on November 3, 2026 (Press contact: Matthias Schmidt-Stein, Press regulation officer: Regina Schnathmann, Head of Model, Advertising and marketing and Communication). The unique German textual content was translated by LED’s professional editors. The part construction is maintained.
Competitiveness comes not from inside requirements or advert hoc options, however from serving to to form widespread worldwide guidelines. As the primary particular evaluation of the German Standardization Board exhibits, that is much more true for industries during which electrical engineering has a big share.
(Berlin/Hamburg/Frankfurt am Primary, November 3, 2026) Worldwide and European norms and requirements are an essential a part of the strategic infrastructure, particularly for firms in electrical engineering, IT, vitality and automotive. That is proven by the particular evaluation of the German Standardization Panel (Deutsches Normungspanel), printed on the event of the 2026 IEC Normal Meeting in Hamburg in November.
Firms in these sectors place better emphasis on European and worldwide requirements than different responding firms. On the similar time, we fee it as extra essential than nationwide or inside requirements.
Michael Taigeler, DKE Worldwide Managing Director (Picture: Sarah Kastner / VDE)
“Our outcomes spotlight sure structural options of technology-intensive industries, which frequently function in international markets and sophisticated worth chains.”
— Michael Taigeler, DKE Worldwide Managing Director
Consequently, interoperability, regulatory alignment, and market entry rely closely on shared technical specs that allow compatibility between merchandise, programs, and throughout borders.
“For them, internationally acknowledged requirements serve not solely as technical requirements, but in addition as strategic enablers for innovation, commerce and elevated productiveness.”
— Michael Taigeler, DKE Worldwide Managing Director
Interoperability, or the power of various programs to work collectively, is among the strongest arguments towards standardization. Particular evaluation exhibits that respondents from the sectors involved fee its significance considerably larger than the pattern as an entire. For a lot of of them, worldwide electrotechnical requirements are the premise for interoperable programs. Examples embrace good grids, industrial automation, and linked mobility.
4,000 consultants attended the IEC Normal Meeting
Dr. Knut Blind, Professor of Innovation Economics on the Technical College of Berlin (Picture: Christian Kielmann)
“In technology-driven industries, the advantages of requirements are particularly evident. Requirements assist firms flip improvements into marketable merchandise quicker, whereas guaranteeing compatibility and safety. Requirements are the core of high-quality infrastructure. Requirements are the bridge between innovation and market acceptance, serving to organizations deliver new applied sciences to market quicker whereas guaranteeing compatibility, security, and reliability.”
— Professor Knut Blind, Professor of Innovation Economics on the Technical College of Berlin and Head of the German Standardization Committee
Electrotechnical requirements, for which DKE is accountable in Germany with help from VDE, are developed at worldwide stage inside the IEC. Yearly, as much as 4,000 consultants from the worldwide standardization group collect for the IEC Normal Meeting, which this yr will happen in November on the Hamburg Exhibition Corridor. Though the convention itself is a non-public occasion, a help program is designed to deliver electrical know-how standardization nearer to the public. For extra info, IEC 2026 General Assembly Website.
“As our outcomes impressively exhibit, standardization is a crucial mechanism for coordinating innovation and selling know-how diffusion in globally networked industries. The technology-intensive industries studied present a very clear image of how standardization contributes to financial efficiency. Standardization creates the muse for scalable and interoperable markets.”
— Michael Taigeler, DKE Worldwide Managing Director
In regards to the German Standardization Committee
On the German Requirements Board, researchers from the Technical College of Berlin, at the moment led by Dr. Luzi Bettina Kromer, have been surveying firms yearly since 2012 on the significance of norms and requirements. The mission is supported by the German Institute for Standardization (DIN e. V.) and the German Fee for Electrical, Digital and Info Know-how (DKE) beneath the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Financial Affairs and Power. Up to now, the German Standardization Board has included knowledge from greater than 8,000 firms, together with greater than half of the DAX 40 firms and plenty of small and medium-sized firms. For the present evaluation, a particular pattern of respondents from {the electrical} engineering, IT, vitality and automotive sectors was drawn and in contrast with the general pattern protecting all the interval of earlier German Standardization Boards.
Additional info and full outcomes can be found at: www.normungspanel.de.
About DKE
The German Electrical, Electronics and Info Know-how Board, DKE, is supported by the VDE and is a platform for round 10,000 industrial, scientific and administrative consultants who develop codes, requirements and security specs for electrical engineering, electronics and knowledge know-how. Requirements help international commerce and supply, amongst different issues, the protection, interoperability, and performance of merchandise and gear. As a middle of competence for electrotechnical standardization, DKE represents the pursuits of German trade in Europe (CENELEC, ETSI) and the Worldwide Group for Standardization (IEC). As well as, DKE gives a variety of providers associated to standardization and the VDE regulatory physique. For extra info, www.dke.de.
Supply: VDE Press Launch 2026-053 “Normung als strategische Infrastruktur: Technologiebranchen betonen Wichtigkeit internationaler Requirements”, November 3, 2026 – PDF and web page. The complete findings are printed in English in a DKE particular publication. International standards as strategic infrastructure (PDF).
