The Company
I.L.M.E. SpA - INDUSTRIA LOMBARDA MATERIALE ELETTRICO - has been
operating in Milan since 1938, in particular in the electrotechnical sector for the
manufacturing of equipment for industrial installations.
ILME reects the traditional entrepreneurial spirit of Lombardy, and has enjoyed
continuous expansion for over half a century.
The company has carved an important role for itself in the main world markets, also
operating directly in the countries that have assumed world leadership in the eld
of automation, including Germany and Japan.
In the electrical connection sector with applications in industrial automation,
characterised by top performance and utmost reliability needs, ILME is today the
acknowledged partner of many leading companies worldwide.
The company’s fundamental values are: product innovation, original solutions,
excellent price-quality ratio, a customer-oriented sense of service, ethical behaviour
and an environmentally-friendly approach.
To promote the continuing improvement of its qualitative results, ILME has always
encouraged its collaborators to work with utmost responsibility and participation.
The company focuses on a series of benets to the user, including research into
the most suitable materials, high quality and safe cabling, a rapid turnaround and
readily available services.
CE marking
As from 1
st
January 1997, in order to launch electrical products on the European
market the manufacturer must ensure these bear the relevant CE marking, in line
with the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/ EEC* (implemented in Italy as L.D. 18-10-
1977 no. 791) and its modication 93/68/EEC* (implemented in Italy as L.D. 25-
11-1996 no. 626/96, published in the supplement to the Gazzetta Ufciale of 14-
12-1996). The CE marking must be visible on the product or, if this is not possible,
on the packaging, the instructions for use or on the warranty certicate. It acts as
a declaration by the manufacturer that the product complies with all relevant EU
directives regarding its eld of application.
ILME products bear the CE marking on the actual product or its packaging.
Almost all ILME products fall within the scope of the Low Voltage Directive.A
declaration of conformity is required in order to be able to apply the CE marking.
This declaration, to which the market is not directly entitled, must be made
available to the controlling authorities (in Italy, the Ministry for Industry, Commerce
and Handicraft) at all times. In it, the manufacturer declares the technical safety
standard(s) followed in the manufacture of the product. These standards must be,
in decreasing order of preference:
- a European standard (EN prex)
- a European harmonisation document (HD prex)
- an international IEC standard
- a national standard
- in the absence of reference standards, the manufacturer’s
internal specications guaranteeing compliance with the
basic safety requirements of the directive.
Compliance with harmonised technical standards (i.e. ratied
by CENELEC) also constitutes presumption of compliance
with the basic safety requirements of the directives.
The CE marking of ILME products results from the declaration
of conformity of the product to harmonised standards or
international IEC standards.
Through the CE marking, ILME declares full compliance, not
merely with the directive’s basic safety requirements, but also
with those international or national EU standards on which
voluntary safety certication markings are based (e.g. IMQ
and VDE). In this way, ILME intends to give the CE marking
the value of self-certication in terms of safety, given the loss
in legal value of voluntary certications issued by third parties,
ratied by directive 93/68/EEC*.
Notwithstanding the above, practically all ILME products still
bear voluntary conformity markings.
The above mentioned EU declaration of conformity becomes null and void
when the assembly of products includes one or more components not
manufactured by ILME and without CE marking.
*Note: The next legal reference for the Low Voltage Directive was 2006/95/EC, as
consolidation of the original Directive 73/23/EEC + Directive 93/68/EEC.
On 29
th
March 2014, the Ofcial Journal of the European Union published the
new Low Voltage directive 2014/35/EU dd. 26
th
February 2014, a recast version of
directive 2006/95/EC, which is in force since on 20
th
April 2016.
The information contained in this catalogue is not binding and may be changed
without notice.
ISO 9001 certication: 2015
Design, manufacture and distribution
of industrial electrical equipment (IAF 19)
Certicate No. 50 100 11133