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Certifications and approvals Only the best is good enough for our customers.

Meeting product- and company-related standards is the starting point for everything we do at Phoenix Contact. Both national and international approvals provide the framework. After all, our customers should be completely satisfied with our products. And they should be able to rely on Phoenix Contact as a company. In the following, you will find a selection of certifications and approvals upon which our creative and entrepreneurial processes are based.

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Naturally, Phoenix Contact develops, tests, and marks every product in accordance with the applicable standards, directives, and laws. The details on product-related certificates and approvals can vary from country to country. If you require information on an item’s certifications and approvals, go to the product detail page of the product in question. To do so, enter the item number in the search field on the Phoenix Contact website. Or select the required item from the product list.

Our products are certified or approved in accordance with:

  • CB certifications in accordance with IEC standards
  • Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
  • CE conformity
  • VDE
  • EAC
  • DNV GL
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Explosion protection

Explosion protection plays an outstanding role among product-related certificates and approvals. The plant engineers of classical chemical industry and petrochemical plants and also of industries that may seem non-critical, such as the food industry, must comply with the legal provisions for explosion protection – worldwide.

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Quality tests

Our top priority is the tested quality of our products. Quality is not only tested retrospectively on finished products, but is ensured responsibly at every stage of our production and logistics operations. To ensure that our products can be used in all relevant industries, our products undergo a wide range of specific test procedures. This means they have been qualified by numerous approvals.

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Company certificates

High quality is essential. This applies to each product and to the Phoenix Contact Group as well. In order to fully meet this requirement, Phoenix Contact has been audited and certified several times as a company, including for quality management, environmental management, energy management, and occupational health and safety. Selected certifications:

  • ISO 9001
  • ISO 14001
  • ISO 50001
  • BS OHSAS 18001
  • IRIS
  • Multiple laboratory accreditations in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 or in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005
  • KTA 1401
  • IEC 62443-2-4
  • IEC 62443-2-1