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| 10 January 2008 |
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Pentalog 2007 annual report
The reknown actor in the IT services
sector publishes various data about the
year 2007: sales figures, manpower, customers,
projects...
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- 67% organic growth in sales whereas the average
western European growth rate in the IT sector
lies around 7%. Pentalog's initial forecast
was 35% and had to be revised twice during the
year as a result of several drastic increases.
After a +22% performance in 2005 and +30% in
2006, Pentalog broke its growth record for the
third consecutive year.
- The group’s sales figure exceeds EUR
5.5 million. As a comparison, if Pentalog did
not charge "offshore" but western
European prices, the sales figure would be equivalent
to EUR 10 million.
- The group's equity capital increased by 50%
at the end of the year in order to finance the
company's growth.
- Double-digit EBIT.
- Back Log 2008: 60% higher than the 2007 sales
figure
- Expected growth recorded on 31/12 for the
1st quarter of 2008: + 35%
- Pentalog is one of the biggest offshore outsourcing
companies in Eastern Europe.
- The Iasi branch was created in Romania. This
new office already employed 15 persons on 31/12/2007.
- The Bucharest branch does not handle offshore
projects anymore. From now on 80% of its activity
is dedicated to the local market or international
time and material projects. Sales on the Romanian
local market increased by 100%.
- Pentalog reduced its average price to 185€
per day (including the Western European part)
in accordance with the Pentalog Right Cost model.
The average daily rate charged in 2007 EUR was
200€. It fell by 7.5% despite the wage
inflation.
- A commercial branch was created in Francfurt.
- New clients in Germany, Switzerland, Romania
and in Austria
- 5 big new contracts, the biggest-one representing
10,000 man days of work over 2 years.
- The most important customer represents only
8% of the total billing amount, which means
low dependence.
- 24 new clients
- Development of the IT facilities management
services, supporting research, engineering and
integration services. Now Pentalog manages totally
or partially 10 000 users in the world, in 5
countries: through remote server administration,
remote or local workstation and user administration,
PDA fleet management, data bases administration...
The clients are Leroy Somer, Colas Romania,
Haulotte Romania, Lexmark...
- 20,000 visitors per month on the Pentalog
web sites, that is a 100% increase over the
past 12 months.
- The BPO team size reached 15 people and is
specialised in editing, finance and marketing
(E-marketing, Web call centre).
- The R&D offer, created thanks to a joint
venture with the Ausy group, represents a team
of 30 people after only one year of existence.
- The Pentalog staff was composed of 200 employees
on 31/12. It raised by 100% within the past
year: +25% in Western Europe and +120% in Eastern
Europe. This figure is a record in this region.
Only Oracle has exceeded a 100% increase in
manpower in 2007 in Romania.
- The training programme of Pentalog (internal
school and professional training) educated nearly
30 people and ¾ of them stayed in the
company after the end of their internship. This
is a promising figure for the years to come.
- 4 potential new offshore destinations have
been assessed in order to foresee upcoming needs:
two in Ukraine, one in Georgia and one in the
Czech Republic (for the German needs). 3 trips
are being prepared: China, Vietnam and Armenia.
A decision regarding the creation of a Pentalog
office in a new country should be taken before
the end of 2008.
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| Contact : Alexandra
Mondanel |
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