Going to sell your product on the US market? In this post I explain how to create compliant manuals and avoid legal pitfalls....

I see it as our duty together to emphasise the positive environmental benefits of digital information. You can help by sharing or liking this blog post. ...

In this podcast, I am interviewing Jens-Uwe Heuer-James, a renowned lawyer, specialising in product liability and product safety, particularly on topics such as CE conformity evaluation and technical documentation....

In this podcast, I am interviewing Martin Rieder, who has been part of the committee that developed the standard. ...

In this podcast, I am interviewing Dr. Hans van der Meij, who has been researching the principles of minimalism for almost 30 years. Hans explains the four principles and how they help to reduce training time while increasing learning. ...

In this podcast, I am interviewing Sven Ring, who has been part of the committee that developed the 82079 standard....

In this guide I’m going to show you everything you need to know when creating IFU for medical devices....

In this article, I will discuss some practical steps that will help you implement Industry 4.0. ...

In this guide I’m going to show you everything you need to know about the new 82079 standard....

How to Create Compliant Information for Use for the EU in 5 Steps...

In this webinar I will outline a step-by-step approach to create compliant user instructions for machinery. I will share practical information for each step of my approach....

Importers, manufacturers and distributors of products have different responsibilities when it comes to compliance matters. I have enhanced my CE marking article with these different responsibilities. ...

Products travel and have to deal with acceptance by other nationalities. CE marking has made things much easier. Do you want to know which countries accept CE marked products? ...

Brexit leaves the EU, tensions between Italy and the EU grow, populists gain power everywhere. Have we forgotten what working together all brought us?...

The Russian EAC Mark is similar to the European CE Marking, However, more products are covered by the EAC framework...

The Chinese Export Mark is an unofficial mark that is sometimes found on products to mislead consumers....

About to import goods from Asia to the EU? In this article, you will learn how to calculate import duties and VAT in 5, relatively speaking, simple steps....

The last few weeks I have been exposed to a lot of misinformation related to CE Marking, There is a lack of good information out there...

Choosing between whether to use text, illustrations or video in your techcomm should in principle always be based on how to serve the user of the information best. However, there might be some other things to consider as well now and then....

Our company exists mainly online. An advantage of that is that it is easier to find good people. The further you look, the more skilled people you find. Another advantage is that can I use the internet to travel more and not being limited to live and work from one location....

Where EU laws do require to translate your user instructions to the language where the product is being sold, this requirement does not exist for the product's label. Except in Portugal....

Whatever will happen after the Brexit, it will impact manufacturers, retailers and distributors of everything from consumer electronics to machinery as well as the e-commerce sector....

When the size of the product does not allow it, some mandatory product information is allowed to be placed on the packaging or in the user instructions. ...

I spent last week in Prague, Czech Republic. I was asked to be a backup speaker at the MadWorld conference. What topic did not make it to the finals?...

In this article, I am going to show you how to draw up a fully compliant declaration of conformity. And... after reading this post, you will be able to do this all by yourself, without studying for days about all those EU directives....

This blog post is available in German....

Technical Writing Tools: The Ultimate Expert Choice...

With the introduction of the New Legislative Framework in 2015 and he repealing of many product directives in 2016, few directives are left over that require a paper user manual. ...

How I Used the Thumbs Up Technique and Decreased Translation Costs by 20% Directly...

As a technical communication service business we chiefly develop user manuals for our clients. Our primary focus is on generating high quality content. Of course, to be competitive, we need to create the output in a fast and efficient way. That’s why we use (and are an authorized reseller of) MadCap Software. As a brand advocate and ambassador, I was honoured to be invited to the early beta test of the latest major updates and enhancements added to Flare 11....

This blog post is available in German....