Group's history

2018

• adesso is again the best employer in the category of large companies in the ITC sector
• Number of employees increases to more than 3,200
• adesso founds national companies in Spain and Bulgaria

2017

• adesso celebrates its 20th anniversary
• adesso acquires UnitCon GmbH as strategic reinforcement of the subsidiary ARITHNEA in the area of SAP Customer Engagement, Business Analytics and HANA
• adesso receives major order worth around 21 million euros for the development of a new software system in the healthcare sector
• For the first time, adesso generates more than 300 million euros in sales

2016

• adesso AG is taking over Smarthouse Media GmbH to supplement the existing banking portfolio and is rapidly expanding the customer base of this core industry
• At Great Place to Work, adesso achieves first place in the size category for the first time, making it the best employer in the ITC industry in Germany
• adesso focus its portfolio around the in|sure product family in adesso insurance solutions GmbH
• adesso launches regional expansion with four additional locations in Germany

2015

• adesso has increased its holding in PSLife GmbH to 100 %, thereby strengthening its position as a provider of software solutions to the insurance industry
• adesso has successfully completed the largest takeover in its history, the acquisition of the Swiss company Born Informatik AG, which has 120 employees
• Number of employees increases to more than 1,500

2014

• For the first time, adesso has taken over an entire core technical process on behalf of a customer using a new process for structuring and automatically evaluating damage claims (HCM) that was developed in-house
• adesso wins a major project for the development and implementation of a new application environment at a German insurance company
• Decision to develop the existing PSLife life insurance solution into a complete, modern suite of products for the whole insurance industry

2013

• adesso hosting services GmbH and adesso Transformer GmbH begin operations
• adesso expands to Turkey and founds another adesso subsidiary based in Istanbul

2012

• Third award in three-times participation:„Great Place to Work“
• Purchase of majority in e-business specialist ARITHNEA GmbH with over 100 employers and a turnover of 10 EUR million
• Number of employees increases to more than 1.000

2011

• For the first time, adesso generates turnover of over 100 EUR million
• Market launch in the USA and opening an office in Boston
• Start to strengthening the product business through targeted investments

2010

• Repeatedly awarded: „Great Place to Work“
• Acquiring a controlling interest in evu.it GmbH in order to reinforce the service portfolio for the utilities sector and in SAP-technologies
• First dividend payment

2009

• Accessing the Austrian market by acquisitions and formation of adesso Austria GmbH
• adesso is listed among Germany's Top 20 IT consultancy and system integration companies (Rank 18 in Lünendonk Survey 2010)

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
• Number of employees increases 500

2007

• Reverse IPO via merger with BOV AG
• Acquisition of Sitgate AG (merged to adesso AG in 2010) 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

2006

• Expanding into the healthcare sector by acquiring a controlling interest in gadiv GmbH

2005

• Award: “Germany’s Best Employer”

2003

• Number of employees increases 200

2000

• adesso reorganised as an AG (corporation)
• Number of employees increases 100

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

1998

• First project for the insurance industry

1997

• Founded as adesso Beratungsgesellschaft für Software-Prozeß-Management mbH in Dortmund