30 years of experience in product safety

IBF - Your partner
for efficient CE marking

 We make 
 CE marking 
 easier. 

 You increase your 
 legal certainty. 

About Us

CE marking and risk assessment are our core expertise. More than 30 years of experience working with thousands of manufacturers of machinery, industrial equipment, and electrical products are reflected in our training courses and our CE compliance software, Safexpert.

Our Mission

We help you achieve greater legal certainty in meeting your CE compliance obligations while reducing the time and cost required for risk assessment and CE documentation.

SAFEXPERT
THE SOFTWARE
FOR CE MARKING

Facilitate your entire CE marking process
and use the innovative
and efficient industry standard software.

SEMINARS AND CONSULTING
WITH HIGH PRACTICAL
RELEVANCE AND UP TO DATE

We provide you with up to date and well-founded
expertise so that you can achieve
maximum and long-term benefit from it.

Tip: Free Safexpert WEB-Presentation

Safexpert is the standard software for risk assessment and CE marking as applied for the machines, the plants and the electrical devices.
In the free live demo, you will get the perfect overview of the advantages our software offers you and your colleagues.

 

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News. Trends. Topics.

New Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230

New Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230

On 2023-06-26 the final Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery was published in the EU Official Journal. It will come into force directly in every member state from 2023-07-19 and can be applied from 2027-20-01. The previous Machinery Directive remains in force until this date. You can find the most important information on innovations, deadlines and tips for the changeover in our technical article.

Current status of standardisation for the Cyber Resilience Act

Current status of standardisation for the Cyber Resilience Act

In the ‘CRA Standards Unlocked’ webinar series, CEN/CENELEC provide specific insights into the current state of standardisation relating to the Cyber Resilience Act. The technical article presents the current status of this standardisation work and provides an overview of future harmonised CRA standards.

The new technical report ISO/TR 13849-3:2026

The new technical report ISO/TR 13849-3:2026

The new technical report ISO/TR 13849-3:2026 offers greater flexibility in calculating the PFH for safety-related control systems and serves as a supplement to EN ISO 13849-1. Our short information addresses the key questions regarding the document.

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