Infotech Europe goes shopping, acquires Mapcentric

In a bid to firmly entrench itself into the European market and in accordance with its expansion plans, Infotech Enterprises Europe has acquired Mapcentric. London-based Mapcentric is Europe's independent GIS distributor with a network of over 400 customers and distributors offering third party GIS applications, data and services. 

"The acquisition of Mapcentric will now enable us to tap directly into the European market space which shows an increasing appetite for GIS software services such as those offered by Infotech. At this point of time it is not possible for us to disclose the financial details of the deal," said, BVR Mohan Reddy, Chairman and MD, Infotech Enterprises India.

Mapcentric will operate as a separate business unit, forming the basis of a new Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME) division within Infotech. EAME division will be responsible for increasing Infotech's presence in key European markets by promoting it's range of GIS services through its partner base and enabling them to remain competitive in the changing European market. In addition, this division will continue to distribute key GIS applications.

Since its acquisition by Infotech Enterprises India, Infotech Europe has experienced a significant growth and has introduced a range of new services to its existing GIS client base. These include data capture and conversion services (both onsite and offshore), the launch of a comprehensive online global data catalogue, increased training capacity, and new consultancy services such as crime analysis and risk assessment.

John Renard, MD, Infotech Europe, said, " We believe that Mapcentric, through its existing partner base and excellent reputation in the global GIS market place, will be able to bring together the right partners for us in Europe so that we will be able to realize the considerable opportunities that we know are out there."

Infotech Enterprises - with group companies in North America and Europe - is a global provider of GIS, engineering, Internet and general IT software services. Operating out of the facility located in Hyderabad, the company has customers include several fortune 100 companies in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.