Results of end-of-term elections at General Assembly in Valencia are in. On October 28th, the General Assembly of ETIM International gathered one day before the 4th Edition of the ETIM Forum in Valencia. In addition to tackling a wide range of topics, the ETIM members casted their votes with regard to the end-of-term elections of the ETIM International Board. Two out of seven seats needed to be filled. While Thorsten Ludewig was re-elected for another term, a new member of th

Techlink, official representative for ETIM in Belgium has decided to join the ETIM MC governance initiative starting January 1st 2026. Techlink is the Belgian professional federation of manufacturers, distributors, installers, and companies active in the field of technical maintenance and energy management within the Ecosystem of multifunctional installations. With their TechBiM object library being founded on the same technical principles as the ETIM Modelling Classes open s

On October 17th, the members of ETIM Austria agreed to expand their membership to include the sector HVAC, plumbing and sanitary supplies.  This means that from January 1st of 2026, members of ETIM Austria can expect full support, translations and change-request handling for product classes from this sector. ETIM Austria, starting out in 2009 only supporting the electrotechnical sector, already added the building materials sector to their membership scope in 2023. With now a

A little earlier than planned, today we published the beta release of ETIM xChange version 2.0. This beta release gives the ETIM community the opportunity to test the new draft version and report any issues ahead of the final release, scheduled for the 27th of November 2025. The beta release is open for review until the 21 st of November 2025 . During this phase, we can only correct errors and resolve issues — no new changes or additions can be accepted at this stage. If you

At ETIM International we have put AI to work to create definitions for each ETIM class. Today we have published the first batch of 3500...

Earlier in 2024, we launched the first version of the new ETIM xChange standard for the exchange of product master data. Its rapid...

ETIM ITALY:  Three organizations, one vision, endless possibilities. April 15, 2025 – Milan . This day marks the official signing of the...

ETIM International has more developments to report about their bSDD publications. ETIM 10.0 has been awarded the verified status. A...

As per 1st of February, after a two-week testing period, we have published our latest ETIM release on to the buildingSMART Data...

ETIM International and ETIM UK have reached an agreement that ETIM UK will expand their membership and services into Ireland. During the...

October 30, 2024 – ETIM International, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Margaret Fitzsimons back to the Board of Directors. In...

Today we published a new version of the official international release format ETIM IXF for the ETIM classification. The new version IXF...

We would like to provide an important update on the progress of ETIM 10. To ensure that ETIM 10.0 meets the highest quality standards, we...

The launch of the xChange validation tool is a good moment to also publish a patch release for bug fixing in the ETIM xChange schema,...

We are pleased to announce that ETIM has become part of the GS1 Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) master data exchange standard...

Introducing ETIM’s newest team member Benjamin Sjölander Last month, ETIM International welcomed a new member to its staff.  Benjamin...

As planned, we proudly announce that the inaugural version 1.0 of the ETIM xChange format for product master data exchange has now been...

With the warm memories of the previous forum in Mallorca still fresh in our minds, we’ve already started making plans for this year. We...

It took almost three years, but finally we have the finish line in sight. ETIM xChange is long awaited and will see the light of day in...

Standardization and regulation manager Oscar Deurloo expands on Signify’s new ETIM Global Industry Membership. Recently, Signify joined...