Austrian Post Acquires 51% of Scanpoint Europe
Transaction opens up new approaches to postal service
Post positions itself in the field of document digitalisation
The expansion-oriented strategy of Austrian Post will also continue in the year 2007. At the end of January, Austrian Post acquired a 51% shareholding in Scanpoint Europe.
The core business of Scanpoint Europe, headquartered in Waldbronn, Germany, is the secure, data protected digitalisation of documents. This acquisition enables Austrian Post to offer its large customers a new type of service, namely the electronic delivery of personal incoming mail. The digitalised information is then made available to the recipient in digital form, either on some form of storage media, via email or as a web archive file.
The acquisition will enable both firms to exploit synergies: the logistic know-how of Austrian Post combined with the digitalisation expertise of Scanpoint Europe will make it possible to simplify business processes.
Scanpoint Europe Holding GmbH
Scanpoint Europe Holding coordinates sales operations in Germany and Austria as well as production facilities in Germany and Slovakia. Scanpoint Europe has about 100 employees, who worked to generate revenue of EUR 3.5 million in 2006. One of the key shareholdings of the group is Scanpoint Deutschland GmbH (Scanpoint Germany), which has been certified according to DIN ISO 9001 since 2004. It is also a member of the German VOI (Verband Organisations- und Informationssysteme e.V. – Association for Organisation and Information Systems). Among Scanpoint Europe’s reference customers are Aachener & Münchner Lebensversicherungs-AG, ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG, dm-drogerie markt GmbH & Co, as well as Gerling Firmen- und Privat-Service AG.
For more information please contact:
Österreichische Post AG
General Secretariat
Public Relations
Michael Homola
Phone: +43 (1) 515 51 – 32010
E-Mail: [email protected]
Vienna, 2 February 2007
