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All the standards you need: Our BEST Collection

The BEST Standards Collection is our data pool of full texts with

  • the entire collection of German Standards (except DIN VDE Standards)
  • and international standards and technical rules, including the entire ISO collection, the Technical Legislation collection and Swiss mechanical engineering standards.

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BEST Collection - our products

Number

Designation and content

ICS numbers

Language 

Number of current standards

(approximately,
Status 04-2023)

Number of historical standards

(approximately,
Status 04-2023)

01

Standardization.
Documentation.
Services.
Office machines

01/03/35.240

English, German

3.100

8.100

02

Environment and
health protection.
Safety.

13

English, German

3.067

8.329

03

Natural sciences.
Health care technology.

07/11

English, German

1.728

6.579

04

Metrology and measurement.
Testing.
Energy and heat transfer
engineering.
Image technology.

17/19/27/37

English, German

2.261

7.134

05

Mechanical systems
and components.

21

English, German

1.349

5.034

06

Fluid systems and components.
Pipeline components and
pipelines.

23

English, German

1.747

6.346

07

Machine tools and automation.

25

English, German

1.189

3.260

08

Surface treatment and welding.

25.160/77.040

English, German

1.750

6.350

09

Electrical engineering.

29

English, German

1.053

4.029

10

Electronics.

31

English, German

962

3.164

11

Telecommunications.

33

English, German

3.083

4.918

12

Information technology.

35

English, German

651

1.789

13

Road vehicle and railway engineering.
Shipbuilding.
Materials handling equipment.

43/45/47/53

English, German

2.205

6.043

14

Aircraft and space vehicle engineering.

49

English, German

3.372

5.426

15

Packaging.
Textile and leather industry.
Clothing.
Wood technology

55/59/61/79

English, German

1.879

5.342

16

Agriculture.
Food technology.
Home economics.

39/65/67/97

English, German

2.849

7.933

17

Chemical technology.
Mining.
Petroleum.
Paint industry.

71/73/75/87

English, German

2.800

7.605

18

Metallurgy.

77

English, German

1.007

3.173

19

Plastics, paper and
ceramics industries.

81/83/85

English, German

1.536

4.834

20

Construction.
Civil engineering.

91/93

English, German

3.878

12.666

21

DIN complete.
(without DIN VDE)

English, German

35.350

101.451

28

ISO complete.

English

26.240

47.114

30

BSI complete.

English

49.504

47.567