API Computer Handels GmbH
Broadline IT distribution with a gigantic active component inventory registry
API distributes personal computer components, processing chips, hard drives, screen solutions, printing rigs, and software licenses via a massive German terminal center.
- Type
- Distributor
- Location
- Aachen, Germany
- Founded
- 1994
- Website
- api.de
- Categories
- Consumer Electronics, Office Supplies & Equipment, Smart Home & IoT
- Markets
- Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium
Verified facts
- web-presence-since (green), checked 2026-08-03 Internet Archive (Wayback)
- vat-valid (green), checked 2026-08-20 VIES (European Commission)
- sanctions-clear (green), checked 2026-08-16 OpenSanctions
- debarment-clear (green), checked 2026-08-16 OpenSanctions
Profiles
Claimed certifications
- ISO 9001, Quality Management IAF CertSearch
Import rules for these goods
- Electronics for the EU need CE marking incl. RoHS substance limits, and producers must register for WEEE take-back in each member state of sale. European Commission (CE)
- Electronics for the US market need FCC equipment authorization under 47 CFR Part 15, which covers unintentional radiators such as switch-mode power supplies, not only radio devices. US FCC (Part 15)
- If the goods are paper, board or printed products, EU imports fall under the Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) due-diligence regime; packaging machinery itself does not. European Commission (EUDR)