Products enjoy a high degree of acceptance among consumers and obviously offer substantial benefits to manufacturers and retailers. It is a well-known fact that consumers prefer products bearing a reliable quality label.

VDE tested products are safe and greatly trusted by consumers. Moreover, consumers expect the products they buy to be suitable for use and manufactured to a high standard of quality. The VDE Institute has responded to these demands and added test for suitability of use to its range of services offered.

Since 1920, the VDE Institute has been striving to ensure the safety and quality of electrotechnical products as an independent, nationally and internationally accredited institution. Today the services offered in respect of testing and certification range from components, household appliances, electrical tools and gardening equipment to solar modules, IT systems, consumer electronics and medical products.
VDE Certification Marks are well known, acknowledged and sought after. They represent safety and electromagnetic compatibility. “Quality Tested” is the VDE Certification Mark for the suitability of electrotechnical products for use.

Added value and orientation for consumers and retailers

“White goods” have been subjected to energy efficiency tests for years. Now, the VDE Institute has set up facilities to test the suitable for use of the following product categories:

• Household appliances
• Electrical tools
• Gardening equipment
• Consumer electronics
• Information and communication technology equipment

We test the quality characteristics of each product based on the relevant rules, laws, norms and special standards.
In addition to the legally stipulated requirements (safety, EMV, health protection), our evaluation also takes into consideration the technical findings of the VDE experts and the expertise of the VDE Institute gathered from surveys, which are ultimately reflected in the setting of the standards, as well as any predictable abnormal use.

VDE Quality Tested: Playing it safe

If you are involved in manufacturing or retailing, you can play it safe with the mark “VDE Quality Tested”.
The outstanding competence of the VDE in the field of safety is the firm foundation on which to base the combination with suitability for use testing.

Our well-tried co-operation with specialized partners enables us to cover all material aspects of such an evaluation:

• Safety
• EMC
• Suitability for use, e.g.
  - Function
  - Handling
  - Energy efficiency
• Environmental aspects
• Instruction manual

Products bearing the VDE Quality Mark therefore guarantee a high level of quality.

What is so special about it: The ID Number

With the help of the ID Number assigned to the relevant product you can learn more about additional aspects of the product characteristics that have been tested.

This offers two major advantages:

• Helping the consumer when deciding which product to buy
• Improved transparency when deciding which product to buy

Access to the relevant product data sheet can be found at www.vde.com/certificate.

Enter the number and you will be provided with information you seek.
Try it out by entering the ID Number 49000000 in the search box of the relevant web page.

The mark: VDE Quality Tested