Eighteen welding equipment compliance questions answered for European and international vessel fabricators: CE Marking under Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, the four separate compliance frameworks (Machinery Directive / PED 2014/68/EU / EN 1090 / API), why equipment CE supports — but does not constitute — finished product certification, WPS / welder qualification responsibility, and documentation chain verification.
A complete CE Marking verification guide for European procurement teams importing Chinese welding equipment — what CE Marking actually means, how to spot the fake “China Export” look-alike symbol, NANDO database lookup for Notified Body verification, EU customs documentation checklist, and what genuine Wuxi ABK CE documentation includes (DoC, Technical Documentation File, harmonized standards EN ISO 12100 / EN 60204-1 / EN 60974). Wuxi ABK has supplied CE-marked equipment to European fabricators in Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Portugal, Russia, Poland, and the UK since 1999.