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| Dräger and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young signed IT Outsourcing Agreement / Lübeck to become central location for IT centre network in Northern Germany
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| Berlin/Lübeck, February 2, 2004 – Drägerwerk AG and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Systems GmbH have signed an agreement on full IT service outsourcing partnership in Lübeck on Saturday, January 31, 2004. Within the scope of this partnership, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young acquires the IT subsidiaries Nordac Rechenzentrumsgesellschaft mbH (data centre operation) and Dräger Synematic GmbH (IT consulting) in Lübeck, and Dräger Information Technologies GmbH (operation of hospital information systems) in Berlin as of March 1, 2004. |
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| Based on the contract, approx. 230 employees of the three Dräger IT subsidiaries in Lübeck and Berlin will be taken over by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. The partners agreed to keep further contract details confidential. “Major objective is to better support our increasingly global processes in our core business areas via world-wide IT services to make them even more efficient and profitable and, at the same time, further focus our resources. We have opted for a partner who is able to provide this global IT support and is already very powerful outside Germany. For the extension of the German market, we are now an important client”, said Stefan Dräger, board member responsible for corporate matters in the Dräger group and IT outsourcing project manager, on occasion of the contract signing. And Antonio Schnieder added: “We are proud to have been chosen as the worldwide IT partner for the Dräger group and give our new employees a warm welcome. This partnership is a further step towards extending our global outsourcing activities.” |
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| The Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group is one of the world's largest providers of consulting, technol-ogy and outsourcing services. The company helps businesses implement growth strategies and lev-erage technology. The organisation employs approximately 50,000 people worldwide, and reported global revenues of 7.047 billion Euros in 2002. More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at www.cgey.com. |
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| The Dräger group is a world leader in the areas medical and safety technology. The company is headquartered in Lübeck. Besides production sites in Germany, Australia, China, UK, India, the Neth-erlands, Sweden, and the US, Dräger is represented by service and sales offices in over 190 countries. In 2002, approx. 10,000 employees realised global group revenues of Euro 1.3bn. Quoted at the stock exchange since 1979, the Dräger share is now listed in the TecDax. For more information, please visit www.draeger.com. |
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| Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Neues Kranzler Eck, Kurfürstendamm 21, 10719 Berlin, Director Communications: Thomas Becker, Tel.: 030/88703-730, Fax: 030/88703-739, E-Mail: thomas.becker@cgey.com |
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| Drägerwerk AG, Moislinger Allee 53-55, 23542 Lübeck, Head of Corporate Communications: Dr. Welf Böttcher, Tel.: 0451/882-2201, Fax: 0451/882-3944, E-Mail: welf.boettcher@draeger.com |
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(c) Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, 2007 |
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