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The SMB has approved a number of Chairman nominations and extensions for January and February.

Two IEC TCs (Technical Committees), TC 66: Safety of measuring, control and laboratory equipment and TC 40: Capacitors and resistors for electronic equipment welcome new Chairmen in February. About Jorma Rutanen With a Master of Science in applied electronics from the Helsinki Univers
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April 17, 2015
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Fruitful workshop in Mongolia

IEC Affiliate Country Programme Executive Secretary Françoise Rauser usually combines the IEC GM (General Meeting) with a visit to a neighbouring country participating in the programme. This year, following the GM in Tokyo, Japan, she flew to Mongolia, accompanied by IEC-APRC (Asia-Pa
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April 15, 2015
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Poland to host IECEx event

In just three years, the IECEx international conferences have made their mark and are becoming must-go events on the annual conference circuit for the Ex industry sector. After Dubai, UAE (United Arab Emirates) in 2012 and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2014, the city of Gdańsk, in Poland
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April 10, 2015
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A new President for IFAN: David Felinski

At the 2014 Members’ Assembly, held in Paris, France, last October, IFAN, the International Federation of Standards Users elected David Felinski as its President. His three-year term of office began on 1 January 2015. Felinski served on the IFAN Board as a Vice President for the last
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April 08, 2015
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Keeping food safe from farm to plate

As World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April every year, it is important to highlight IEC various standardization activities in the domain that is the object of this year’s 2015 World Health Day: Food safety – the global view. According to the World Health Organization (WH
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April 07, 2015
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Standards: support for public policy

International Standards and public policy often share similar objectives – for example, enhancing economic competitiveness and efficiency, and facilitating international trade. It follows then that International Standards are useful tools for policy makers. New IEC and ISO brochure fo
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April 07, 2015
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International Year of Light launched

Lighting plays an important role in our everyday lives. Switching a light on is such a routine task that we often take it for granted. However there are 1.3 billion people worldwide who lack access to electricity and electric lighting and a further 1 billion have intermittent access.
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April 02, 2015
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Have you ever been shocked?

Who among you hasn’t at least once in your life received an electric shock, for example while changing a light bulb? In most cases you don’t feel much and it has no serious consequences. So much so that you will not do anything about it once the new light bulb is in place. That’s wher
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March 28, 2015
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