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| Company type | Stock corporation |
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| Industry | IT services |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Leipzig, Germany |
Key people |
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| Revenue | 2.533 billion EUR (2017/2018) |
Number of employees | 2,450 (2017/2018) |
| Parent | SoftwareONE |
| Website | softwareone |
In the wake of BASF selling Hitachi mainfarmes under their own name since 1980, Comparex was founded in 1986 as a joint venture between Siemens and BASF to also market Fujitsu mainframe computers. At the end of 1988, Siemens withdrew from the company. [1] After that, only Hitachi systems were marketed. BASF only took over 100% of the shares in 1991.
After a drop in sales in 1995, BASF sold 40% of Comparex shares to the service provider Persetel from South Africa [2] and finally withdrew completely in 1999 after handing over 75% of the shares in 1998. [3] [4]
Until 2000, COMPAREX Informationssysteme GmbH was the leading European Plug Compatible Manufacturer (PCM) of IBM architecture compatible mainframe computers (IBM System/370). These systems were by and large badge engineered versions of the Hitachi PCM range, which were also distributed in Europe through Hitachi Data Systems (HDS). [5]
Comparex withdrew from the mainframe PCM marked in March 2000. [6]
COMPAREX AG is an international company for IT services with headquarters in Leipzig, Germany. Following a takeover by SoftwareOne COMPAREX AG announced on April 1, 2019 that all its subsidiaries will undergo a rebranding process and fully integrate into the SoftwareOne Group. [7]
COMPAREX AG is mainly involved in the management of software licenses and usage rights as well as in IT consulting and the development of Managed Services and cloud-based solutions.
The Executive Group at COMPAREX AG consisted of the Board of Directors and the Vice Presidents. Since being acquired by SoftwareONE in February 2019, COMPAREX AG's corporate structure is undergoing restructuring with Marc Betgem (CSO) to serve on SoftwareONE's Executive Leadership Team and Thomas Reich, the former CEO of COMPAREX, supporting the integration process before leaving the company.
The Board of Directors at COMPAREX AG currently consists of two people:
The supervisory board at COMPAREX AG has five members:
Raiffeisen Informatik GmbH has owned 100 percent of COMPAREX AG since 2011; it holds these shares indirectly via “PERUNI” Holding GmbH. Raiffeisen Informatik GmbH belongs to the Raiffeisen Banking Group Austria (RBG).
COMPAREX AG holds shares in companies around the world due to its strategy of acquisitions and start-ups.
| 2015 | Start-up: Canada |
| 2014 | Acquisition: Cloudbearing Inc. (USA) Acquisition: PERIFEL (Periféricos Electrónicos, S.A. de C.V.) (Mexico) Acquisition: 2S Gestao de Ativos de Software Ltda. business unit (Brasil) [8] |
| 2013 | Acquisition: Agile Software B.V: & InfraControl B.V. (Netherlands) Start-up: USA [9] |
| 2012 | Acquisition: DATALOG Software AG (Germany) Start-up: Bulgaria, Indonesia |
| 2011 | Acquisition: IRIS Unified Technology Pvt. Ltd. (India) |
A number of acquisitions in recent years mean that COMPAREX AG is now present in 35 countries worldwide.
Europe
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania
Asia
India, Kazakhstan, China, Singapore, Indonesia
South America
Brasil
North America
Canada, Mexico, USA
The company has operated under the name COMPAREX AG since 2011. [10] Originally the company was named "PC-Ware Gesellschaft für Industrieinformatik Leipzig mbH".
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