About the company

• Head office: Stuttgart, Germany
• Spin-off of Fraunhofer IAO Stuttgart
• Member of the TTS Group (>2,300 employees, 36 companies in 32 countries)
• Co-operation partners: Microsoft, Adobe, QuarkXPress, Canto, Scholl Communications, eCl@ss and others.
• Research partners: Fraunhofer IAO Stuttgart, Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin, Universität St. Gallen and others.

About the products

mediando product family
A media-neutral product database serves as the central communication basis

• Total number of customers: with well over 100 PIM installations, we are the market leader among small and medium-sized businesses

e-proCAT
Software for the production of electronic catalogues in BMEcat format and for the classification of large stock lists

• Total number of customers: with over 500 customers, we are the market leader in the electronic catalogues sector

Our history

1999

• e-pro founded as a spin-off of Fraunhofer IAO Stuttgart
• Co-developer of the BMEcat* catalogue exchange format
• First standard software for the production of electronic catalogues: e-proCAT

2000

• Product data clearing centre created for ETIM** e.V. (once a coalition of the nine biggest electrical wholesalers and buying syndicates)

2001

• Inaugural annual industry forum in co-operation with Fraunhofer IAO
• proficl@ss*** e.V. staff unit for EDE and Nordwest Handel AG
• Product data clearing centre created for Nordwest Handel AG (production-related trade)

2002

• e-pro becomes a member of the TTS Group
• First customer installs PIM software mediando
• 100th e-proCAT customer won

2004

• Purchase and further development of the print automation software InBetween®, integration into the product family as mediandoPRINT
• e-pro becomes an eCl@ss certification partner****

2005

• Setting up of additional software development in Poznan, Poland
• Relaunch of InBetween 3.0 software based on new technology
• mediandoCMS and mediandoWEB for online catalogues added to product range

2006

• 100th customer opts for mediando
• Sales top 5 million
• First customers in Austria and Switzerland
• Expansion of development partnerships with Adobe and Microsoft
• e-pro becomes a software co-operation partner of eCl@ss

2007

• e-pro mentioned in the LN:C market study as a top 3 PIM supplier
• mediandoPUBLISH and mediandoWEBCLIENT product launches
• mediando operated by users in the USA, Hong Kong, Czech Republic, Spain and Italy
• First customers use Cumulus-based mediandoMAM
• 500th e-proCAT customer won
• First customer won from the Solar sector

2008

• e-pro becomes a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner*****
• mediandoWEBCLIENT is rolled out in more than 20 countries (web-based data management)

*The BMEcat standard is an XML-based standard for transferring electronic catalogues which fulfils international requirements. BMEcat certification is a test certificate and evidence that electronic catalogues fulfil the BMEcat standard.

**ETIM is a classification standard for electrical products which is accepted throughout the sector. The "electrical technical information model" facilitates the processing and exchange of electronic catalogues for greater success in e-commerce.

***proficl@ss is the industry's accepted classification standard for production-related trade with construction, building services and industrial supplies

****eCl@ss is a standardised classification system for product categories and features. eCl@ss e. V. was founded in November 2000 by major companies in the German economy; it has adopted standardisation of product and service classification.

*****Microsoft Gold certification is the highest qualification achievable within the Microsoft Partner programme. Microsoft certification attests to the quality and security of our software solutions. Certification is evidence that mediando is based on industry standards. It is also a guarantee for small and medium-sized businesses using Microsoft technologies that their investment is protected and that they can safely schedule their product communications over the long term.