EFNMS European Federation of National Maintenance Societies

The EFNMSvzw is non-profit organization (“Vereniging zonder Winstoogmerk”) according to Belgian law created on January 18, 2003, in Amsterdam. The VZW’s objectives are the following: the improvement of maintenance for the benefit of the peoples of Europe. By the term ‘maintenance’ is meant: the combination of all technical, administrative, and managerial actions during the lifecycle of an item intended to retain or restore it to a state in which it can perform its required function. Maintenance is of utmost importance for trade and commerce, for the environment, and for general health and safety. In order to pursue its goals, the VZW shall be an umbrella organization for the non-profit National Maintenance Societies in Europe.

In order that it may realize its objectives, the VZW shall, amongst other activities::
- Co-ordinate maintenance matters between European National Maintenance Societies and establish contacts with Maintenance Societies outside of Europe
- Study and introduce good maintenance management and promote and initiate maintenance techniques and processes
- Promote the awarding of prizes and distinctions relating to maintenance
- Provide direction in the development of maintenance
- Initiate and promote the publication of the results of scientific and practical work in the maintenance field
- Draft maintenance guidelines
- Organize bi-annual international conferences and conventions about maintenance under the title “EUROMAINTENANCE XX Convention”
- Represent "maintenance", as developed and implemented in Europe, and support it in contacts with official national, supra national, and international institutions

Country Members of the EFNMS Belgium BEMAS Belgian Maintenance Association   Czech Republic CSPU Ceska Spolecnost Pro Udrzbu   Czech Maintenance Society Croatia HDO Hrvatsko Drustvo Odrzavatelja   Croatian Maintenance Society Denmark DDV Den Danske Vedligeholds   Danish Maintenance Society Finland KPY Kunnossapitoyhdistys ry   Finnish Maintenance Society France AFIM Association Française Des Ingénieurs Et Responsables De Maintenance   French Maintenance Society Germany GFIN Gesellschaft für Instandhaltung   German Maintenance Society Ireland MEETA Irish Maintenance Society   Italy A.I.MAN. Associazone Italiana Manutenzione   Italian Maintenance Society Netherlands NVDO Nederlandse Vereniging Voor Doelmatig Onderhoud   Dutch Maintenance Society Norway NFPV Norsk Forening for Produksjon og Vedlikehold   Norwegian Society of Maintenance Engineers Poland PN-TTE Polskie Naukowo-Techniczne Towarzystwo Eksploatacyjne   Polish Maintenance Society Portugal APMI Associaçao Portuguesa De Manutençao Industrial   Portuguese Maintenance Society Serbia and Montenegro DOTS Drustvo odrzavalaca tehnickih sistema   Technical System maintenance society Slovakia SSU Slovenska spocolnost udrzby   Slovak Maintenance Society Slovenia DVS Drustvo Vzdrzevalcev Slovenije   Slovenian Maintenance Society Spain AEM Asociación Espanola De Mantenimiento   Spanish Maintenance Society Sweden UTEK Foreningen Underhallstehnik   Swedish Maintenance Society Switzerland MFS Maintenance and Facility -Management Society of Switzerland   United Kingdom IAM The Institute of Asset Management