Etteplan acquires a Dutch company

- Etteplan acquires Thesus Talking Image, a Dutch company specialized in advanced visual instructions and technical illustrations.  

Etteplan and Thesus Talking Image have come to an agreement according to which the business operations of Thesus Ti will be transferred to Etteplan. The agreement will become effect on July 1, 2015. The company’s five experts will continue as Etteplan’s employees.

Thesus Ti provides visual instructions, technical illustrations, 3D animations and visualizations to major Dutch companies with long-term agreements. Technical illustrations are an integral part of manuals and user guides of a product.

The importance of technical documentation increases as the equipment manufacturers’ are focusing more and more on service and maintenance business to achieve growth and profitability.

- Thesus Ti has niche competence and an excellent customer base, which support our goal to serve our customers with the industry’s most advanced solutions. We are looking forward to capturing the market potential with this excellent team,” says Petri Ikonen, SVP, Technical Documentation Services.

For more information, please contact:

Petri Ikonen
SVP, Technical Documentation Services
Etteplan
Tel. +358 503 867 253

Outi-Maria Liedes
SVP, HR & Communications
Etteplan
Tel. +358 40 756 9620

Etteplan in brief

Etteplan provides engineering services and technical product information solutions to the world’s leading companies in the manufacturing industry. Our services are geared to improve the competitiveness of our customers’ products and engineering processes throughout the product life cycle. The results of Etteplan’s innovative engineering can be seen in numerous industrial solutions and everyday products.

In 2013, Etteplan had turnover of EUR 128.6 million. The company currently has about 1,800 professionals in Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands and China. Etteplan's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd under the ETT1V ticker.

www.etteplan.com