In 1989 Frank Mittelstaedt, today one of fme's managing directors, founded Frank Mittelstaedt EDV-Beratung & Systementwicklung. Six years later fme AG was established. The three letters are an acronym for the founders of fme:
frank mittelstaedt and michael engelen.

1989
Foundation of Frank Mittelstaedt EDV and Systementwicklung

1995
Michael Engelen joins fme, foundation of fme GmbH

1996
Dirk Bode joins fme as third member of the management

1997
First DMS project for an automotive company

1998
Documentum Signature Partner

2000
30 employees, opening of the Munich office

2001
50 employees, acquisition of the internet agency OPENBOX and change of name to fme AG

2002
Opening of an office in Gelsenkirchen

2003
60 employees, focus on Enterprise Content Management

2004
Dr Ulrich Wiesner joins the Board of Directors, fme is Member of the Documentum Select Services Team and fme develops new product "migration-center"

2005
Over 70 employees, "migration-center" achieves "Designed for Documentum" status. New office in Cluj, Romania

2006
New fme office opens in Frankfurt and serves mostly the pharmaceutical industry. fme launches migration-center 1.4. Foundation of fme switzerland AG in Zurich

2007
Both migration-center and smartBar achieve "Designed for EMC" status as an application.

2008
fme offers cross platform design, efficient introduction and use of Enterprise Content Management

2009
The total of employees within the fme group has risen above 100

2010
fme expands the portfolio with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Business Intelligence (BI) and establishes fme US, LLC in Ridgefield, CT