History

Milestones of Rapid Company Development

Origins
1997 Founded as adesso Beratungsgesellschaft für Software-Prozeß-Management mbH in Dortmund
Company Development Milestones
1998 First project for the insurance industry
1999 First project for the lottery industry
Enters into the product business, founded companies now operating as e-Spirit AG and adesso mobile solutions GmbH
2000 adesso reorganised as an AG (corporation)
Number of employees exceeds 100
2003 Number of employees exceeds 200
2005 Award: “Germany’s Best Employer”
2006 Expanding into the healthcare sector by acquiring a controlling interest in GADIV GmbH
2007 Reverse IPO via merger with BOV AG
Acquisition of Sitgate AG for expanding consulting services in the sector of IT-Management
adesso expands with new offices in Switzerland, Luxembourg and the UK
Increasing internationalisation of the project business with contracts from Russia, Spain and Luxembourg
adesso celebrates its 10-year anniversary
2008 Award: “Top Job” as top employer
adesso AG reports with about 5 million euros one of the highest order volumes for a single project in the history of the company
2009 Accessing the Austrian market by acquisitions and formation of adesso Austria GmbH
Number of employees exceeds 600
adesso is listed among Germany's Top 20 IT consultancy and system integration companies (Rank 18 in Lünendonk Survey 2010)
Recent Developments
2010 Once again awarded as one of "Germany’s Best Employer's"
Acquiring a controlling interest in evu.it GmbH in order to reinforce the service portfolio for the utilities sector and in SAP-technologies

Press Review

FIrst Divident Payment after Record Sales Revenues
Nebenwerte-Journal (2010-05-06)   PDF (744 KB)

adesso Continues Being Profitable
Ruhr Nachrichten (2009-09-02)   PDF (66 KB)

adesso Strengthens Market Position
Platow Börse (2009-08-19)   PDF (191 KB)

IT-service provider with outstanding prospects
Nebenwerte Journal (2008-09-04)   PDF (3 MB)

adesso accounts 2006: Road to success continues
Ruhr Wirtschaft (June 2007)   PDF (383 KB)