ETIM International has published a new full colour brochure, that is available printed as well as digital. De digital version you can find on this website under downloads under "General information" . Do you wish to receive a copy of the printed brochure (or multiple copies) please send an e-mail to info@etim-international.com.

ETIM Poland has launched a brand new website. Curious? Here is a preview, but why not visit www.etim.org.pl. All available ETIM websites you can find under the header "ETIM Websites"

As of today, the Belgian ETIM 4.0 versions are ready in concept and can be consulted in the classification management tool in Belgian-Dutch and Belgian French. The remaining checks and corrections will be done using the online management tool. With credit to the Belgian ETIM project group for their work and to ELDAS for providing their existing French translations!

We are happy to announce that the Spanish ETIM 4.0 version is ready and can be consulted in the classification viewer. With credit to the ADIME project group for their work! For more information you can contact ADIME via asistentedireccion@adime.es or through the website www.adime.es.

With the Spanish version the number of ETIM language versions is up to 5 and we expect the French version (Belgium/Switserland) around september of this year.

Much later as intended, but also better and more advanced than initially intended, we can announce you with appropriate proud that two new online ETIM applications are now live:

• ETIM Classification Viewer: to (multilingual) consult the current ETIM classification in the released version (ETIM 4.0)
• ETIM CMT – Classification Management Tool: to hand in, communicate and manage change requests (RFC= Request For Change) to the current released version. Also known as service portal for change requests.

As of today, the Swedish ETIM 4.0 version is ready and can be consulted in the classification viewer. With credit to the Swedish ETIM project group for their work! For more information you can contact SEG via info@etim.se or have a look at www.etim.se.

On the 24th of October the national ETIM organizations from Austria , Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland have decided during a meeting in Barcelona to found the international association ETIM International.  The new organization will reside in Brussels.

ETIM International is founded to join forces in the development, maintenance, publishing and promotion of one European Technical Information Model (ETIM) for the classification of technical products. 

An international online ETIM database is already in use and is the basis for further development. At short notice also the whole process of handing in and processing change requests will be managed through an online service portal, connected to the database.  Momentary language versions are available in English, German and Dutch; Swedish, Spanish and French versions are in preparation.

The board of ETIM International  consists of Marc Habets (director ETIM Netherlands, president), Franz Ernst ( President ETIM ETIM Germany, vice-president), Yves de Coorebyter (director ICGME Belgium, secretary), Björn Högborn (director SEG Sweden) and Pedro Torres (director ADIME Spain). Chairman of the technical committee will be Gérard Rovère (director ELDAS Switzerland)

(photo f.l.t.r: Gérard Rovère, Björn Högborn, Franz Ernst, Marc Habets, Yves de Coorebyter, Pedro Torres)

The focus of ETIM International for the presence lies on the classification of electrotechnical   products, but the association is open for entry of other related industry sectors.  

The existing cooperation between ETIM Germany and eCl@ss will be agreed on international level, with that ETIM Germany in the framework of ETIM international will be responsible for the electrotechnical part in eCl@ss.

The name ETIM international is chosen, while already serious interest in the model is shown from regions outside Europe, among others Australia en Asia. Although the focus of the association is pointed at Europe this way participation from other regions is not excluded.