IBS AG excellence, collaboration, manufacturing
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IBS Industrial
Business Software (Shanghai), Ltd. is Granted Chinese Business Licence
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Company Information Hoehr-Grenzhausen (euro adhoc) - PRESS RELEASE IBS Industrial Business Software (Shanghai), Ltd. is Granted Chinese Business Licence * The Chinese government's latest 5-year plan promotes streamlining and higher quality standards. * IBS already has a basis of approximately 70 installations in China. * The IBS Group's global roll-out projects in China alone promise a turnover potential of approximately 1M EUR in 2011. Hoehr-Grenzhausen, 3rd August 2011 - IBS Industrial Business Software (Shanghai), Ltd., with head office in Shanghai (China), is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IBS AG. The Company, founded as a response to the dramatic increase in demand for industrial software solutions for quality, production, traceability and compliance management solutions on the Asian market, is aimed at providing support for not only Chinese companies but also existing IBS customers with plants and branches in China. IBS AG carried out its first successful installation in China in as early as 2000. In 2006 IBS AG opened its own support site in Shanghai, which was aimed at supporting existing IBS customers with production facilities in China. IBS AG was able to celebrate its first Chinese-Taiwanese customer - TIANJIN NEW WEI SAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (NWS) - in 2010, following which NWS submitted a major order with IBS covering the entire IBS AG software suite. A considerable increase in demand for IBS' industrial software solutions and services in China - from both existing customers and Chinese companies - finally led IBS to decide in favour of founding its own company in China. IBS Industrial Business Software (Shanghai), Ltd. was granted its business licence during the second quarter of 2011, following which the Company was able to launch its business operations. Today, IBS has over 70 successful installations in China. The IBS Group's global roll-out projects promise a turnover potential of approximately 1M EUR for 2011 in China alone. Continuous growth is anticipated for 2012. IBS Industrial Business Software (Shanghai), Ltd. currently employs seven members of personnel in the areas of sales, project management and support. "Opening a new company in China is an important part of our internationalisation strategy and a makes a clear statement to our customers", says Nina Slegers, General Manager and Legal Representative of IBS Industrial Business Software (Shanghai), Ltd. "We are striving to get closer to our customers in China and offer them the best possible service. The Chinese government's latest 5-year plan also places greater emphasis on the themes of "streamlining and higher quality standards", which made our decision in favour of China even easier", continues Nina Slegers. Arnd Slegers, Managing Director Asia Pacific at IBS Industrial Business Software (Shanghai), Ltd., explains, "Becoming quickly established in China relies on developing important partnerships and co-operations with Asian and Chinese companies. In particular, we are initially striving to partake in the Chinese industry's above-average growth rate. The Chinese industry has also adopted the IBS themes of resource-sparing and environmental friendliness", adds Arnd Slegers. * * * About IBS AG: IBS AG is a leading supplier of cross-company standard software systems and consulting services for industrial quality, production, traceability and compliance management. In keeping with the corporate philosophy "The Productivity Advantage", IBS AG's Best Practice solutions contribute to a sustainable boost in corporate productivity. IBS customers receive the support of a team of experienced consultants and specialists throughout each phase of the project and beyond. IBS AG, founded in 1982, today employs over 200 personnel in Europe, China and the USA. The Company is listed in the Prime Standard of the German Stock Exchange in Frankfurt/Main (ISIN DE0006228406) and is also member of the GEX-German Entrepreneurial Index. IBS AG software installations amount to over 4,000 worldwide and can be found at companies such as Audi, Beam Global, BMW, BorgWarner, BOSCH, Caterpillar, Daimler, Electronic Networks, FCI Automotive, Goodyear, Kimberly Clark, KEIPER, Liebherr, Magna Automotive, Kautex Textron, Parker Hannifin, Procter & Gamble, Rock Tenn, Porsche, Siemens, SMA Solar Technology, ThyssenKrupp and W.L. Gore. * * * In case of query, please contact: Public Relations IBS AG, Stefan Stroeder, Tel.: +49 (0)2624 9180-475, E-mail: stefan.stroeder@ibs-ag.de * * * Further inquiry note: Public Relations IBS AG, Stefan Stroeder, Tel.: +49 (0)2624 9180-475, E-mail: stefan.stroeder@ibs-ag.de end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- company: IBS AG excellence, collaboration, manufacturing Rathausstrasse 56 D-56203 Hoehr-Grenzhausen phone: +49(0)2624 9180-424 FAX: +49(0)2624 9180-966 mail: investorrelations@ibs-ag.de WWW: http://www.ibs-ag.de sector: Software ISIN: DE0006228406 indexes: CDAX stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München language: English