Digital & Marketing Services
Digital & Marketing Services brings together an international and interactive marketing services portfolio for advertising customers and agencies, including consultancy for the development and implementation of efficient communication and media strategies as well as online marketing platforms deploying the access to a wide range of marketing channels (multichannel reach). Furthermore complex e-business solutions and web consulting projects form part of the portfolio.
With namics Ltd, a Swiss leader in the development and implementation of E-business solutions which is also expanding successfully in Germany, and zanox Ltd, a service provider specializing in success-based online marketing in more than 30 countries, this business segment has gained an excellent foothold on high growth markets. The services which are mainly international are being further extended, also by acquisitions.
Another milestone was passed shortly before the end of 2007 when the Dutch marketing and media service provider “ SBVmedia ” has been acquired.
As of 1 January 2008, the management team of this business sector is as follows :
- Thomas Kaiser, CEO
- Renato Martignoni, CFO
- Rupert Tonn, Head of Business Development (based in Berlin as of Q2/2008)
Companies :
- Jürg Stuker, CEO namics
- Thomas Hessler, CEO zanox
- Heiko Rauch, COO/CFO zanox
- Jens Hewald, CTO zanox
- Herco Tibboel, SBVmedia
- Rob Kamsteeg, SBVmedia
Contact :
Key figures pro forma
in millions of CHF | 2007 |
Turnover | 36 |
Gross margin | 33 |
EBITDA | 1.8 |
Operating result (EBIT) | 1.8 |
Number of employees (at year-end) | 304 |
namics Ltd.
namics Ltd. which operates in Switzerland and in Germany concentrates on the development and implementation of e-business solutions. Its areas of expertise comprise consultancy, technological developments and design. namics is therefore able to offer its customers services extending from the development of an interactive communication strategy to the implementation of their intranet, extranet or Internet solutions. Customers include big corporations, public authorities, NGOs and SMBs.
SVBmedia
SVBmedia has 90 employees and is one of the Netherlands’ major consultancy and services companies for planning and marketing printed, electronic, digital and outdoor media. It has a strong position in the middle customer segment, with a client list of around 800 SMEs. However, SVBmedia also works for several global brands including Toyota, Lexus, Hennes & Mauritz and Suzuki. In recent years SVBmedia has greatly expanded its portfolio of digital and interactive media.
Herco Tibboel
CEO SVBmedia
ZANOX.de AG
ZANOX.de AG is a leading service provider for performance-based online marketing (multichannel commerce) zanox offers advertisers, e-commerce companies and online shop operators an internet-based platform for the effective marketing of products and services through various channels. The core of business operations is a rapidly growing international network of more than 1 million sales partners in over 180 countries. This network can be used by companies for their marketing and sales efforts. Companies can use zanox’s powerful infrastructure and extensive range of services in over 30 countries to target appropriate sales partners. zanox participates with a commission at every successful transaction generated through its platform.
zanox has subsidiaries in nine countries. The company’s online marketing services comprise affiliate marketing, search engine management, e-mail marketing, online shopping and customer loyalty programs. The strategic sales channels of zanox are used by more than 1,800 international companies such as Allianz, Amazon, Axa, Citibank, Daimler, Expedia, Jamba, Lycos, Procter & Gamble, Quelle, Sixt, Staples and Vodafone. Zanox.de AG was founded in 2000 and currently has over 275 employees worldwide. PubliGroupe AG and Axel Springer AG, Berlin, jointly acquired Berlin-headquartered ZANOX.de AG in July 2007.
www.zanox.de
Management:
Thomas Hessler, CEO
Jens Hewald, CTO
Heiko Rauch, CFO/COO
