Press Release April 7, 2003 - TJ Group Plc subsidiary PlanMill Ltd, provider of user-friendly Professional Services Automation (PSA) solutions, today announced that it is taking a new step in expanding its operations in the Central Europe.
PlanMill has opened a new office in St.Gallen, Switzerland, to address the increasing demand for its user-friendly, browser-based PSA solutions in the Central European market. The new office allows PlanMill to serve better existing customers, as well as enhancing prospecting in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, by more locally providing experienced sales, service and support resources.
Dr. Thomas Schulte, Manager of the Central Europe, has been appointed to head the St. Gallen office. He has more than 10 years of experience in business process automation of project-oriented organizations. In his new position, Dr. Schulte will be supported by marketing, professional service and product teams located in Helsinki, Finland.
- The need for user-friendly, browser-based PSA solutions to standardize and optimize the entire service delivery process in many vertical industries, such as ICT, increases and takes on new levels of urgency for organizations around the globe, says Thomas Hood, CEO of PlanMill Ltd.
- The global demand for PlanMill PSA solutions has increased rapidly over the past twelve months, including a significant increase in the Central European market. We believe that the Central Europe will be a key growth area for PSA solutions in the next two to three years, and we are pleased to expand our presence as a leading user-friendly PSA solution provider in the region, Hood adds.
For additional information, please contact:
CEO Thomas Hood, PlanMill Ltd
Tel. +358 40 558 5138 or thomas.hood@planmill.com
www.planmill.com
PlanMill in brief
PlanMill Ltd is a leading provider of user-friendly PSA (Professional Services Automation) solutions. Solutions by PlanMill help project-oriented organisations to improve the control of personnel, projects and business processes, which in turn improves their productivity and profitability. PlanMill solutions have been deployed to more than 60 leading service companies and IT and R&D divisions of companies in more than 10 countries. The customers of PlanMill Ltd include Digita, Iocore, Nordea, Raiffeisen Informatik Zentrum, Sofia Digital, TJ Group, and Tecnomen. The offices of PlanMill Ltd are located in Helsinki, Finland and St.Gallen, Switzerland. The company has established an authorized dealer network to Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. PlanMill is a subsidiary of TJ Group Plc, which is listed in the Helsinki Exchanges. Additional information: www.planmill.com
This is a translation of the original Finnish release. In case the translation differs in meaning from the Finnish version, the Finnish version takes precedence.
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