diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/.classpath b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eca7bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/.gitignore b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb5e943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/bin
+/target
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/.project b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e995f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.pde.ManifestBuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.pde.SchemaBuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c68a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adba3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
+Bundle-Name: APP4MC Amalthea EMF Util
+Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util
+Bundle-Version: 0.7.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util.Activator
+Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.core.runtime,
+ org.eclipse.emf.ecore,
+ org.eclipse.emf.edit
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8,
+ JavaSE-1.7
+Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
+Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse.org
+Export-Package: org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util.edit
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/build.properties b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29f8823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+source.. = src/
+output.. = bin/
+bin.includes = META-INF/,\
+               .
+src.includes = pom.xml
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ce54af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<parent>
+		<relativePath>../../build/org.eclipse.app4mc.build/pom.xml</relativePath>
+		<groupId>org.eclipse.app4mc.build</groupId>
+		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+		<version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<artifactId>org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util</artifactId>
+	<packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/src/org/eclipse/app4mc/amalthea/emf/util/Activator.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/src/org/eclipse/app4mc/amalthea/emf/util/Activator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd4865f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/src/org/eclipse/app4mc/amalthea/emf/util/Activator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * *******************************************************************************
+ *  Copyright (c) 2013 Robert Bosch GmbH and others.
+ *  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ *  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ *  which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ *  http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Robert Bosch GmbH - initial API and implementation
+ *
+ * *******************************************************************************
+ */
+package org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util;
+
+import org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator;
+import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
+
+public class Activator implements BundleActivator {
+
+	private static BundleContext context;
+
+	static BundleContext getContext() {
+		return context;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator#start(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void start(final BundleContext bundleContext) throws Exception {
+		Activator.context = bundleContext;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator#stop(org.osgi.framework.BundleContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void stop(final BundleContext bundleContext) throws Exception {
+		Activator.context = null;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/src/org/eclipse/app4mc/amalthea/emf/util/edit/ProviderUtil.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/src/org/eclipse/app4mc/amalthea/emf/util/edit/ProviderUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8db65e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util/src/org/eclipse/app4mc/amalthea/emf/util/edit/ProviderUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * *******************************************************************************
+ *  Copyright (c) 2013 Robert Bosch GmbH and others.
+ *  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ *  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ *  which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ *  http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Robert Bosch GmbH - initial API and implementation
+ *
+ * *******************************************************************************
+ */
+package org.eclipse.app4mc.amalthea.emf.util.edit;
+
+import org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.AdapterFactory;
+import org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notification;
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+import org.eclipse.emf.edit.provider.IChangeNotifier;
+import org.eclipse.emf.edit.provider.IItemLabelProvider;
+import org.eclipse.emf.edit.provider.INotifyChangedListener;
+import org.eclipse.emf.edit.provider.ItemProvider;
+import org.eclipse.emf.edit.provider.ItemProviderAdapter;
+import org.eclipse.emf.edit.provider.ViewerNotification;
+
+
+public class ProviderUtil {
+
+	/**
+	 * @param source
+	 *            The {@link EObject} which should get updated
+	 * @param target
+	 *            The target {@link EObject} to listen for changes
+	 * @param targetItemProviderClass
+	 *            The {@link ItemProvider} class of the target {@link EObject}
+	 * @param sourceItemProviderAdapter
+	 *            {@link ItemProviderAdapter} of the source {@link EObject}
+	 */
+	public void registerForElementUpdates(final EObject source, final EObject target,
+			final Class<?> targetItemProviderClass, final ItemProviderAdapter sourceItemProviderAdapter) {
+		final IChangeNotifier changeNotifier = (IChangeNotifier) sourceItemProviderAdapter.getAdapterFactory().adapt(
+				target, targetItemProviderClass);
+		changeNotifier.addListener(new INotifyChangedListener() {
+
+			@Override
+			public void notifyChanged(final Notification notification) {
+				if (notification.getNotifier() == target) {
+					sourceItemProviderAdapter.fireNotifyChanged(new ViewerNotification(notification, source, false,
+							true));
+				}
+
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * @param element
+	 *            {@link EObject} to get text for
+	 * @param adapterFactory
+	 * @return {@link String} created by found {@link IItemLabelProvider}, empty {@link String} otherwise
+	 */
+	public String getTextForElementByLabelProvider(final EObject element, final AdapterFactory adapterFactory) {
+		final Object plainAdapter = adapterFactory.adapt(element, IItemLabelProvider.class);
+		if (plainAdapter instanceof IItemLabelProvider) {
+			return ((IItemLabelProvider) plainAdapter).getText(element);
+		}
+		return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	}
+
+}