Getronics
| Founded | September 1, 1887 Electrical Factory N.V. part of Groeneveld, Van der Pol & Co (GVPC) |
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| Headquarters | Viñoly, Claude Debussy Laan 48B, 1082 MD Amsterdam |
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Key people
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Mark Cook |
| Products | Workspace, Applications, Unified Communications, Data Centre, Cloud, Professional Services, Managed Services, Security |
| 600 million euros (2015) | |
| Owner |
Aurelius Group (Getronics Europe and APAC) OpenGate Capital (Getronics LATAM) |
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Number of employees
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6,500 (2012) |
| Website | www |
Getronics is an ICT service company, founded in 1887, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The business has gone through numerous mergers and divisions. In 2007, Getronics was bought by telecommunications group KPN.
In 2012, KPN sold a majority stake of Getronics Europe and APAC to the AURELIUS Group, a German publicly listed industrial holding company. KPN sold Getronics LATAM businesses to OpenGate Capital, a global private equity firm.
AURELIUS had also acquired Thales in Spain and Argentina earlier in 2012, which has been rebranded to Connectis and is now a key member of the Getronics family. In late 2013 the Getronics family acquired NEC Enterprise Solutions in the UK and Spain to further grow its UC services business.
AURELIUS has continued to add other ICT companies to their portfolio: Steria Iberica in Spain (2013),Telvent in Spain and South America (2014) (both IT consulting companies); and Individual Desktop Solutions (IDS) from T-Systems in Germany. IDS was then sold again in 2016.
In July 2015, Getronics announced its partnership with U.S.-based partner CompuCom, to lead the Global Workspace Alliance (former Getronics Workspace Alliance).
In April 2016, the Getronics family announced the completion of the acquisition of Colt’s managed cloud business in 11 countries, as well as the launch of its Managed Cloud Services portfolio.
Led jointly by Getronics and CompuCom, the Global Workspace Alliance (GWA) combines the capabilities of local service providers to supply IT support to multinational companies around the world, delivering field and remote services. Alliance members share common processes, methods and tools to ensure seamless delivery across regions. Members include Getronics along with CompuCom, SPIE, Tecnocom, AGCN, Centric, InfoCare, S&T, Eire Systems, NSC and Topnew Info. Global Workspace Alliance 2.0 was launched in April 2016.
In 1887, Amsterdam, the company was created as Electrotechnical Factory N.V. by Groeneveld, van der Pol & Co. (GVPC) The enterprise was involved with electrical installations, such as monitoring and control of public facilities and shipping.
After the World War II GVPC set up a technical sales office Groenpol as a separate entity.
In 1950, the holding company GVPC changed its name to Groenpol NV.
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