Printed circuit boards and control cabinet components, electrical housings and connectors: The electronics industry marks all parts and components with codes, numbers and logos. This includes, for example, CE marking, serial numbers and type plates.

However, there is often little space available for attaching complex markings, for example on small resistors, capacitors or diodes. Nevertheless, the coding has to be very clean and high resolution and, depending on the requirements, also resistant to chemicals and heat. The standards for markings in the electronics industry are provided by the organization EDIFICE (The Global Network for B2B Integration in High Tech Industries). In addition, the electronics industry has to meet the regulatory requirements of the automotive and medical technology industries to which it supplies products when marking and labeling. The markings on electronic components are usually used for unique product identification, traceability and efficient management of device data.