Looking for North American compaines expanding into Europe Best answer on the web
Posted in: darrelrussell.com edit
07 Jan 2009
I work for an economic development agency. I?m looking to identify North American companies who are intending to establish direct operations in the United Kingdom and or Europe. Currently, we source leads via corporate lists segmented by sector, and then cold call those companies that currently do not have a physical office in Europe. We narrow our search by focusing on specific sectors that are drawn to our regions economic strengths. These include the following:
1. Software companies
2. Telecom companies ? VOIP, cellular technologies, etc.
3. Medical Device companies
4. Renewable Energy companies: environmental technologies, solar technologies, alternative sources of energy generation
In addition to calling from company lists, we do a lot of research via the web. Quite often companies do announce plans of opening a UK/ European office prior to actually setting up that office. Even companies that make definitive announcements may in fact have not yet set up the physical office. These are the type of companies that we are looking to speak with.
Requirement:
I am looking for a list (minimum of five, with no max number) of US/Canadian companies (size of company does not matter) that have expressed interest in opening a European office. Quite often they will release press released announcing European expansion, or purchasing a UK company, or merging with a UK company ? all of interest to me.
Below you will find a list of companies that have announced European expansion, purchases or mergers.
=======================================
ANTENNA SOFTWARE
ANTENNA SOFTWARE APPOINTS MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE
Industry Veteran to Lead Global Expansion Effort
?Antenna Software, Inc., the leader in real-time mobile solutions for the Enterprise, announced today the appointment of Bob Apollo as Vice President and Managing Director for European Operations.?
?As the mobility market has transformed from a nice-to-have novelty to a run-the-business necessity, we have experienced incredible demand for our real-time mobile Enterprise applications,? said Jim Hemmer, CEO of Antenna Software.
?Given the number of leading European organizations we already count among our customers, we are confident that now is the right time to build a physical presence in the EU. Most importantly, by having a seasoned executive like Bob Apollo on our team we are confident that we will succeed.?
Press Release: May 26, 2005
http://www.antennasoftware.com/news/news_newsreleases_detail.asp?newsId=126
Antenna Software
111 Pavonia Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07310
Toll-free: (888) 723-2832
Fax: (201) 239-2315
=======================================
Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc.
APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER ? EUROPEAN OPERATIONS & COMPLETION OF 30% ACQUISITION OF DACHLAND GmbH
?Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc. (Solar Integrated) announces the appointment of Frederik W. Mowinckel as Chief Operating Officer of European operations with effect from 1 February 2005. Frederik will be based in London and will have responsibility for developing Solar Integrated?s expansion into Europe, with particular focus on the UK, Germany, France and Spain. Frederik will report to Jon W. Slangerup, CEO.?
Press Release: January, 25, 2005
http://www.solarintegrated.com/PR_COO_Trading.html
Corporate Headquarters - www.solarintegrated.com
Solar Integrated Technologies
1837 East Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90058
USA
Tel: + 323 231-0411
Toll Free: + 888 765-3649
Fax: + 323 231-0517
Email: info@solarintegrated.com
=======================================
Action Engine Corporation
ACTION ENGINE POSITIONS ITSELF FOR EUROPEAN EXPANSION
New Appointments and Offices Signal Significant European Market Growth
?Shattering the mobile usability barrier, Action Engine Corporation, the mobile application platform leader, today announced plans to grow its European footprint, bringing the Fierce15-rated Action Engine Mobile Application Platform? to operators across Europe.
To spearhead its European expansion, Action Engine has appointed Mike Kent as the vice president of EMEA and expanded its offices in the UK and mainland Europe. Mike will be responsible for growing the customer base of mobile operators and deploying innovative expansion strategies with Action Engine partners. Under Mike?s direction, the sales and business development teams in each office have been expanded, and the company has begun executing an aggressive strategy for further growth in Europe.?
Press Release June 20, 2005
http://www.actionengine.com/release.asp?id=101
Action Engine Headquarters
8520 154th Ave. N.E.
Redmond, WA 98052
Phone: 425.498.1500
Fax: 425.498.1550
=======================================
QNX Software Systems
QNX, COMET Extend Telematics Partnership into Europe
?QNX Software Systems, the global leader in operating system technology for the in-car telematics and infotainment market, today announced its continued leadership and participation with COMET? (Community Enabling Telematics) as the consortium expands into Europe. A founding member of COMET, QNX was also the first realtime operating system (RTOS) provider to join the Renesas Technology-led consortium and has since been an active COMET partner in the U.S. market. As a founding consortium partner, QNX extends its participation to COMET's expansion into Europe, where QNX has a strong foothold of success, particularly among German automakers.?
Press Release: January 25, 2005
http://www.qnx.com/news/pr_1260_2.html
?QNX Software Systems is the leading provider of superior realtime operating system (RTOS) software, development tools, and services for embedded design. For more than 25 years, we've been serving the complex needs of the embedded market - with millions of installations worldwide - in mission-critical and life-critical environments.?
Headquarters
175 Terence Matthews Crescent
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K2M 1W8
Tel: +1 613 591-0931
Fax: +1 613 591-3579
Toll Free: 1 800 676-0566
Email: info@qnx.com
=======================================
Enabling Technologies Corp
Enabling to Become a Global Enterprise
?As a Leader in Messaging Architecture, Enabling is very pleased to announce their opening of an office in the greater Toronto area this month. Further expansion into Europe will commence in April with their opening of an office in Great Britain. The Canadian office, located on Sheppard Ave East in Toronto Canada, will serve the operations for all Canadian provinces. The UK Office based in Guilford, a suburb of London, will start the expansion into Europe. Possible offices in Germany, Ireland and Netherlands will follow. Our company currently provides services to US companies in over 40 states. Although implementations have been performed in the past in Canada and Europe, they were minimal in number.?
?Enabling Technologies Corp., an information technology consulting practice and provider of unified communications and email compliance applications target organizations that need to support a growing virtual workforce and increasing volume of Email and IM messages. ?
Press Release: February 28, 2005
http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=798
12226 Long Green Pike
Glen Arm, MD 21057
(443) 625-5112
(443) 625-5113 fax
ellie@enablingtechcorp.com
http://www.techarchitects.com/
Enabling Technologies Corp.
Products and Services:
Consulting - Disaster Recovery/Contingency Planning
Consulting - Document Management
Consulting - Information and Technology Management
Consulting - Telecommunications
Software - Compliance
Software - Document Management
Telecommunications - Network Management
http://buyersguide.aba.com/applications/memberdir/showcompany.asp?CompanyID=92681
=======================================
U.S.-Based Lawson Agrees to Merger with Sweden's Intentia
Lawson Software, a U.S.-based business software maker for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced that it plans to acquire Intentia International, a Sweden-based software firm, for approximately 391 million euro in stock. Lawson said it made the decision to merge with Intentia in order to better compete with larger software firms focusing on the SME market. As part of the deal, Lawson President and CEO Jay Coughlan will leave the company and be replaced by Harry Debes, effective June 15. The newly merged company will be called Lawson and be listed New York and Stockholm stock exchanges. The deal is expected to close by year's end.
Press Release: June 2, 2005
http://www.europeantechwire.com/etw/2005/06/03/
Complete article
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=129966&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=716194&highlight=
Lawson Corporate Headquarters
Lawson Software
380 St. Peter Street
St. Paul, MN 55102-1302
+1 651-767-7000
=======================================
Varian Medical Systems Inc
Reaching Europe
?Varian Medical Systems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., a supplier of hardware and software for radiotherapy, has acquired Sigma Micro Informatique Conseil, Toulouse, France, a radiation and oncology management software company. Varian hopes to extend its reach to France and other European nations with technology for managing records of cancer patients receiving radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy.?
April 2005 - Healthcare Informatics
http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/issues/2005/04_05/industry.htm
Corporate Headquarters
3100 Hansen Way
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1038
USA
Tel: 1.650.493.4000
=======================================
Abiomed
Abiomed (ABMD) Announces Execution Of A Definitive Agreement To Acquire Impella CardioSystems AG
ABIOMED, Inc. a manufacturer of products for circulatory care and support, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Impella CardioSystems AG, a privately held, venture-backed company affiliated with Accelerated Technologies, Inc. (ATI) and located in Aachen, Germany. Impella manufactures and commercializes the world's smallest, minimally invasive, high performance micro blood pumps with integrated motors and sensors for use in interventional cardiology and heart surgery. These circulatory assist devices are used by cardiologists in the catheterization (cath) lab and are inserted percutaneously into patients, similar to a standard balloon pump procedure, in order to help restore blood flow. Impella has CE marks for each of its devices and currently markets them throughout Europe. Under the terms of the agreement ABIOMED will acquire Impella for approximately 4.04 million shares of ABIOMED common stock and approximately $1.8 million in cash. In addition, ABIOMED may make additional contingent payments to Impella shareholders based on stock price performance, unit sales and FDA approval milestones. The contingent payments range on a scale from zero dollars to approximately $29 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions."
Press Release: April 27 / 2005
http://www.biospace.com/news_story.cfm?StoryID=19853620&full=1
Abiomed
22 Cherry Hill Drive
Danvers, Massachusetts 01923 U.S.A.
Phone: 978-777-5410 Fax: 978-777-8411
E-Mail: abmd@abiomed.com.
===============================================
Other companies that might be of your interest:
===============================================
Biophan Technologies
?Biophan Technologies, which is developing coatings for catheters and medical implants like stents and pacemakers that make it feasible to view them with M.R.I. machines, will announce today an agreement to acquire aMRIs, a German start-up that has been working on an alternative approach to the same problem. The German company wraps microwires around the device to be scanned. Michael L. Weiner, chief executive of Biophan, said that unlike Biophan, aMRIs had already successfully tested its approach in animals and that the deal, valued at about $4 million, would substantially improve Biophan's research resources. Biophan is based in Rochester.!
New York Times: January 7, 2005
http://www.biophan.com/010705NYT.html
Biophan Technologies, Inc.
150 Lucius Gordon Drive
Suite 215
West Henrietta, NY 14586
Telephone: (585)214-2441
Facsimile: (585)427-2433
http://www.biophan.com/contact.php
=======================================
Brainhunter Inc.
Brainhunter is a high value added technology company providing end-to-end recruiting and staffing solutions and services. Technology solutions and services are provided on a national scale and in the United States under the brand Brainhunter to a wide variety of corporate and government clients, and are divided into five core interrelated revenue streams as follows:
1. Contract Staffing (Core Business / Annuity Revenue / High Growth)
2. Permanent Staffing (Essential Service / Transaction fees / Subscriptions)
3. Specialized Job Boards (Core Business / Posting Fees / Subscriptions / High Growth)
4. Technology Sales (Essential Service / Licenses / Services)
5. Professional Services / Solutions Delivery (Essential Service / Project Revenue / Internal Support)
EXPANDING INTO EUROPE
"With over 80 association partners from across Canada, the United States and expanding into Europe, employers finally have a tool and access to top quality talent to help them hire better, faster and more cost-effectively than ever before", said Jennifer Dewling, Senior VP, Brainhunter Global Talent Network.
Company News: February 16, 2005
http://www.canadait.com/cfm/index.cfm?It=106&Id=21756&Se=2&Lo=2
Brainhunter Inc.
John McKimm
Chairman and CEO
(416) 203-1800, Ext 300
John.Mckimm@Brainhunter.com
Brainhunter.com
2 Sheppard Ave. East
Suite 700
Toronto, ONT
M2N 5Y7
Phone: (416) 588-7111
Fax: (416) 588-9239
Toll Free: 1-877-4EBRAIN
Web URL: http://www.brainhunter.com
=======================================
Outtask, Inc.
Expansion into Europe
?DePasquale also talked about the company?s expansion into Europe saying a physical sales presence on the Continent was established in March. Outtask?s services had already supported multiple currencies and languages as well as multiple GDS, and was poised for entr e into the European marketplace. Sweden-based AB Electrolux, one of Europe?s largest corporations, was also one of the first to contract with Outtask for its T&E Management Solutions.?
Press Release: August 2, 2004
http://www.outtask.com/news_pre2004_auggrowth.asp
About Outtask, Inc.
Based in Alexandria, Virginia, Outtask, Inc. is the leading provider of corporate travel and expense (T&E) automation solutions. Outtask delivers the only fully integrated T&E management solution through its CliqbookTM and VinnetTM service offerings to seamlessly automate and control travel booking, and expense submission, reporting and reimbursement.
Outtask Headquarters:
Toll Free: 1 (888) 662-6248
Local: (703) 837-6100
Fax: (703) 837-6106
209 Madison Street, Suite 400
Alexandria, VA 22314
=======================================
Tapwave
Console Entertainment System
Tapwave Expanding Operations to Include UK presence
?To accelerate expansion, Tapwave is now establishing a legal entity and local presence in the UK and recently hired Andrzej Kasprzyk as the company's Director of European Sales and Roy Parker as Director of International Operations. The company has also retained the services of UK-based PR and Marketing group Barrington Harvey (www.bhpr.co.uk), which is located in Hitchin, Herts and will help promote the Zodiac throughout Europe. Tapwave will also start participating in appropriate European events.?
Tapwave Press Release: September 1, 2004
http://www.tapwave.com/company_pr_09012004.html
Tapwave Headquarters
1098 Alta Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
650.210.1000 phone
650.210.1050 fax
=======================================
Search terms used:
"Press release? "expanding into ?OR "to expand" OR "will open offices" OR "expansion into? Europe
Purchasing OR purchased UK Company
Merged OR merging with UK Company
Software OR Telecom company OR firm plans to acquire Europe OR Europe OR UK OR London
Renewable Energy Company OR firm plans to acquire Europe OR Europe OR UK OR London
Medical Device Company OR firm plans to acquire Europe OR Europe OR UK OR London
Software company "plans to acquire" European OR Europe 2005..2006
U.S. UK telecom merger 2005..2006
I hope the information provided is helpful!
Best regards,
Bobbie7