Sycor: digital transformation as a driver for growth

(Göttingen, Germany) “2018 was a very positive year for our company group in economic terms. Sycor’s success story began in 1998, and we continued on our path to success in the last fiscal year as well with an increase in turnover of 16 percent to 98.8 million euros and adequate profitability. The forces at play in the past few months have been very unique, and we would like to thank Sycor’s customers for their loyal cooperation and our employees for the exceptional commitment they showed. They put in an outstanding performance during a very eventful period,” says Managing Director Jochen Schwiersch.

Full support from owner ensures stability and growth
Given the challenges presented by the digital transformation, Ottobock Holding, which is fully owned by the Näder family of entrepreneurs, decided in February to keep Sycor in the Ottobock Group as a strategic asset. The aim is to continue expanding the company into a leading full-service provider for SAP and Microsoft services in the IT consulting market. Sycor will continue to grow this year by recruiting further staff and pursuing acquisitions; the holding company will support these aims by providing Sycor with corresponding financial resources. There are plans to prepare Sycor for the capital market over the medium term.

Sycor focuses on new strategic business areas and innovative services to provide its customers with the best support for their digitalization
“Thanks to a growth strategy that is oriented toward innovations and forward-looking trends, we will enhance our customers’ competitiveness in an increasingly digital world,” says Managing Director Rüdiger Krumes. “In doing so, we focus on challenging new business areas such as Microsoft’s Power Platform, a powerful business application platform, and combining both manufacturers by operating SAP solutions on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform (SAP on Azure). We will be able to help our customers move forward more rapidly than before thanks to innovative services and by providing them with tailored apps at short notice. We will achieve this with digital processes and reliable services that cover every area of SAP and Microsoft.”
 
Ronald Geiger to become third managing director at SYCOR GmbH starting in May 2019
“I’m excited to have the opportunity to play a role in Sycor’s success,” says Ronald Geiger. Geiger will be reinforcing the management team thanks to his experiences in the areas of consulting and organizational management at technology (Capgemini, SAP) as well as industrial firms (BASF, Linde). According to Geiger, one of his first tasks will be to oversee a strategy process that also pursues the goal of rethinking the way Sycor is organized and simplifying its structures. “We want to become faster and more agile so we can understand our customers’ future requirements today. Our goal is to use powerful processes and systems to make our customers even more successful,” Geiger continues.

Sycor focusing on qualitative growth in 2019
Sycor is focusing on qualitative growth in this fiscal year and therefore plans to achieve sales in an amount approximately equal to last year with a team of more than 600 employees. “We want to invest in Sycor this year so we can successfully prepare ourselves for the future. In doing so, our key focus is the satisfaction of our customers and employees – despite all the challenges that lie ahead of us.”

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About Sycor:

The Sycor Group supports its customers by serving as their partner for the digital transformation. In doing so, the company’s innovative IT services and bespoke IT solutions cover all corporate divisions along the entire value chain. Sycor’s customers benefit from professional strategy, management, and process consulting services, outstanding industry expertise, and proven technological savvy.

With headquarters in Göttingen and further locations in Germany, Austria, America, and Asia, the company has an international footprint.
Its team of over 550 employees seamlessly integrates individual solutions into existing IT systems and sets up entirely new infrastructure and application landscapes. Sycor implements and operates cloud, on-premise, and hybrid solutions as needed.

Its own solutions, vertical add-ons, and all services in the area of SAP ERP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 are just as much a part of the selection as quality-assured solutions and services for IT outsourcing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Content Management (ECM). In addition, the company’s extensive expertise includes unified communications, software asset management, licence procurement optimization and software lifecycle management, security and networks, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IoT), and big data. Sycor also implements professional online solutions in the field of business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications with ERP or CRM integration.

Sycor GmbH maintains a quality management system certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001. ISO 27001 certification of the technology division is proof of a robust information security management system. 

Sycor is a Gold Partner and Partner Center of Expertise of SAP Deutschland SE. As a Microsoft partner, the company is a Cloud Solution Provider and Strategic Development Partner for the areas of leasing, trading, servicing, and maintaining mobile goods and fleet management. Various Gold and Silver competencies are proof of Sycor’s broad expertise in the Microsoft environment.

Sycor generated sales of EUR 98.8 million in 2018.

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