Join ASAM

ASAM welcomes OEMs, suppliers, tool vendors, engineering service providers, universities, and research institutes to apply for membership.

Generally only independent legal entities can become ASAM member. Divisions or departments of companies or private persons cannot apply for membership.

To find the right member class, you first have to determine whether you are an OEM, supplier, tool vendor, service provider, university, or non-profit research institute.

The exact member class is then defined by the size of your company in terms of employees. 

1. OEMs and Suppliers
   This member group comprises all companies who are not implementing ASAM standards into their products but actually use ASAM compliant tools in their development process. They can only apply as a whole organization which includes all affiliated companies.
   
   Applicants for this member group can choose between an Executive Membership (E) that includes the full scale of benefits or a Passive Membership (P) that excludes active participation in project groups, etc. (see table below)
   
   Depending on the number of employees, OEMs and Suppliers may apply for membership classes
   A (=> AE / AP)
   B (=> BE / BP) or
   C (=> CE/CP)
    
2. Tool Vendors and Service Providers
   This member group comprises all tool vendors and system integrators who develop and sell tools that are compliant to ASAM standards and / or provide engineering services for the group of OEMs and Suppliers.
   
   Tool Vendors and Service Providers can either apply as a whole corporation or as a subsidiary. Only independent legal entities can become ASAM member. Single departments or private cannot apply for membership. 
   
   Tool Vendors and Service Providers may apply for membership classes D - G.
    
3. Universities and Research Institutes
   This member group comprises universities and research institutes that are not profit-oriented. 
   
   This member group can either apply as a whole organization or as a division. Single persons or students cannot apply for membership. 
    
   This member group is the only one that does not define its class by number of employees. Universities and Research Institutes may apply for membership class H.
    

The benefits for each group are determined as following:

Learn more about the fee structure.

No, a division or department doesn't count as legal entity. The whole company needs to become member to benefit from ASAM standards.

A membership term begins in January and ends in December. The Membership is automatically renewed every year. Cancellation of membership is only possible every December 31 with a 6-month notice! 
(Cancellation deadline: June 30)

Applications after January will be charged on a pro rata basis for the first year. 

The size of your company defines your membership class and therefore the cost of your membership. Find out your membership fee in the regulation of fees.

If your company becomes member during the year, only the fee for the remaining months of the years will be charged (on a pro rata basis).  

You have the possibility to reduce your membership fee by participating actively in ASAM greamia or standardization groups

ASAM grants credits to member companies who actively 

• serve on the ASAM Technical Steering Committee 
• serve on the ASAM Board of Directors
• participated in a standards development project group that has released a standard in the previous year, if the standard may be purchased for a fee (for members, the fee is waived).

For the credited amount and the regulations, see regulation on credits 
The credit voucher is automatically deducted in retrospect from the membership fee of the subsequent year.

ASAM reserves the right to revoke the granting of vouchers at any time. There is no legal claim to the issue of credit vouchers.

After approval by the ASAM board, the company will receive a welcome letter together with information about the ASAM membership, a questionnaire for adding your company profile to our member directory and an invoice from ASAM. Depending on the date of entry the invoice will be issued for the whole year (full annual fee) or for a part of it (on a pro rata basis for the remaining months of the year).

The membership only begins after receipt of payment. 

ASAM recognizes that taking on an active role in ASAM is voluntary and generates costs within the member company. Therefore, ASAM has established the Credit Voucher Concept to appreciate that engagement.

Members may qualify for credit vouchers by 

• serving on the ASAM Technical Steering Committee 
• serving on the ASAM Board of Directors
• participating in a standards development project group that has released a standard in the previous year, if the standard may be purchased for a fee (for members, the fee is waived).

For the credited amount and the regulations, see regulation on credits 
The credit voucher is automatically deducted from the membership fee of the subsequent year.

Please note: ASAM reserves the right to revoke the granting of vouchers at any time. There is no legal claim to the issue of credit vouchers.

ASAM provides professional services to its members through an office and by maintaining an IT infrastructure. This is permanently available to members. Furthermore, Standard development projects typically get a budget that provides for major parts of the work required to develop and finish a Standard, e.g. for hiring a service provider to do the routine work. So, Standard development comes with costs. The pricing models both for an ASAM membership and for buying an ASAM Standard, aim to distribute the costs to all who benefit from ASAM standards in a fair way. Most standardization organizations have such pricing models to cover their costs.

The ASAM License Terms  allow members and buyers of ASAM standards to sublicense (i.e. give) the standards to non-members for the purpose of an exchange of services, project acquisition activities, training or support. Please review §2 (2) of the License Terms  for further details. If in doubt, please contact the ASAM Office.

License Terms

Every company can buy ASAM standards. The Standard will be licensed to that company and can be used by any employee within that organization. Purchasing companies as well must comply to our license terms. 

License Terms

To buy a Standard, please go to the Standard's webpage and click 'Get Standard'. A window will open. Please choose 'Buy' and follow the instructions. 

You will be asked to fill out some general information. Submission of the form will generate an email with an attached price list and order form. Please send the order form to ASAM (info(at)asam.net). We will process your purchase order and send you an invoice. After receipt of payment, we will send you the link to download the Standard via email. The Standard will be licensed to your company. Please comply to the license terms. 

You will always receive the current version of the Standard. To order an older version, please use the according field in the order form to indicate the version number. You will then receive both the current and the requested version.  

In case that a new version of the bought Standard will be released within six months after the Standard has been bought, you are eligible to request that new Standard version free of charge. To do so, please send an email to info(at)asam.net.