SDL International acquires Lomac

Leading Localization vendor expands business in Central and East European languages

Stuttgart , Deutschland
Freitag, 2. Mai 2003

SDL plc ("SDL"), the world’s leading provider of multilingual solutions offering scalable translation technology and services, has announced its acquisition of the Lomac organization – one of the leading providers of translation and localization services to the Central and East European (CEE) market.

 With the recent accession of a further 10 countries to European Union membership within Central and Eastern Europe, the demand for localization of content and digital assets into these markets will expand dramatically. Lomac, with more than 100 staff, operates in six countries within the region, providing translation and electronic publishing of technical documentation, software and web-content to leading blue-chip clients such as Bentley, Oracle and HP.

The investment will further enhance SDL’s local language office infrastructure within the CEE region and increase the company’s capacity to support a larger proportion of this market. Mark Lancaster, SDL’s CEO, commented, “The addition of Lomac fills another geographic niche and will add scale to SDL’s presence in this rapidly growing market. Lomac has a strong reputation and an excellent client list.”

Lancaster continued, “SDL is proud of its record of delivering high quality service solutions, which have been sustained by our ability to add infrastructure and control quality through dedicated resources. We believe that these twin factors are crucial to a credible localization or translation proposal.”

Lomac’s CEO, Marek Piorkowski confirmed, “We are extremely pleased to be able to join the SDL group. The company has the reputation of being the best-quality service provider in the industry and one of the only companies to offer scaleable products that integrate these services with translation technology, providing real solutions. We will be working to add to that reputation.”


About Lomac

Lomac, established in 1992, provides translation and electronic publishing of technical documentation, software, and web content throughout the Central and East European region. The company supports all local languages through a network of six offices in Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia and Romania. More than 100 staff provide multilingual project management solutions, through a comprehensive quality assurance system and Extranet-based Project Center.


Informationen zu SDL International

SDL ist der führende Anbieter im Bereich globales Informationsmanagement (GIM) und bietet Technologielösungen, mit denen Unternehmen die Bereitstellung qualitativ hochwertiger mehrsprachiger Inhalte für internationale Märkte beschleunigen können. Die Unternehmenssoftware und Services von SDL werden in bestehende Unternehmenssysteme integriert, um globale Informationen von der Erstellung bis hin zur Veröffentlichung über den verzweigten Lokalisierungs-Workflow zu verwalten.

Marktführer wie ABN-Amro, Best Western, Bosch, Canon, Chrysler, CNH, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Philips, SAP, Sony, SUN Microsystems und Virgin Atlantic beauftragen SDL mit der Bereitstellung von Unternehmenssoftware oder Hosted Services für Prozesse im Bereich globales Informationsmanagement.

SDL hat bereits über 480 Unternehmenslösungen für globales Informationsmanagement implementiert, weltweit sind mehr als 150.000 Softwarelizenzen im Einsatz, und das Unternehmen bietet 10 Millionen Kunden pro Monat Zugriff auf On-Demand-Übersetzungsportale. Im Rahmen einer globalen Infrastruktur, die über 50 Niederlassungen in 30 Ländern umfasst, bieten mehr als 1.000 Experten Beratungs-, Implementierungs- und Sprachdienstleistungen an. Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie unter www.sdl.com.

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Nicola Bogle (SDL)
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nbogle@sdl.com