1 1986 - As equal partners, VDI and VDE jointly launch VDI/VDE-Technologiezentrum Informationstechnik GmbH in Berlin. 2  Financed by the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology, the center has supported small and medium-sized enterprises since 1978 in implementing their new technological developments. The DGBMT becomes a new technical society in the VDE. 2  The DKE is renamed DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies of DIN and VDE. 3  The VDE opens a representative office in the capital of Berlin.