The prostep ivip Association is an international association that has its headquarter in Darmstadt, one of Germany’s top location for science and research. The association has committed itself to developing innovative approaches to solving problems and modern standards for product data management and virtual product creation.

It bundles the interests of manufacturers and suppliers in manufacturing industry as well as IT vendors, in close cooperation with research and science institutes, to provide its members with the long-term competitive advantages that more efficient processes, methods and systems provide.

Today, the prostep ivip Association remains committed to developing new approaches to end-to-end process, system and data integration for its members and providing digital support for all the phases of the product creation process.