29.02.2016
Klöckner & Co. SE DE000KC01000
DGAP-News: Klöckner & Co enters into collaboration with software provider Sage
DGAP-News: Klöckner & Co. SE / Key word(s): Alliance
Klöckner & Co enters into collaboration with software provider Sage
29.02.2016 / 10:05
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Duisburg, Germany, February 29, 2016 - In the process of digitalizing its
entire supply and service chain, Klöckner & Co is increasingly linking up
with suppliers and customers for electronic data interchange. A key aspect
of this strategy is direct integration with Klöckner customers' ERP systems
using suitable interfaces - for example, for easier electronic access to
the large Klöckner & Co product catalog so as to automate order processes.
To this end, the international steel and metal distributor has now joined
forces in Germany with one of the market leaders for integrated accounting,
payroll and payments systems, Sage Software (www.sage.de). The goal is to
work in harness with the software provider in marketing an edition of the
Sage Office Line accounting and ERP system specially preconfigured for
steel and metal processors.
Gisbert Rühl, CEO of Klöckner & Co SE: "The collaboration has great
potential. This solution lets Klöckner customers professionally manage
their business processes on attractive terms while giving them online
access through the system to our extensive range of steel and metal
products."
Andreas Zipser, Managing Director at Sage: "For us, small to mid-size
processors of steel and metal products are a key customer segment in which
we hope to further grow our business. With our new solution, we can help
companies move forward in digitalizing their business processes and gain
even greater success as a result. In Klöckner & Co, we have found a
prestigious partner combining the necessary industry know-how with
extensive digital competencies."
Following a several-month development phase dedicated to analyzing the
needs of
Klöckner customers and replicating them in the software, the solution is
now being implemented with initial test customers. The solution's joint
marketing launch - in which Klöckner & Co and Sage will be working hand in
hand - is slated for the first half of 2016.
About Klöckner & Co:
Klöckner & Co is one of the largest producer-independent distributors of
steel and metal products and one of the leading steel service center
companies worldwide. Based on its distribution and service network of
around 220 locations in 15 countries, the Group supplies more than 150,000
customers. In addition to companies in the construction industry as well as
machinery and mechanical engineering, Klöckner & Co serves customers in the
automotive and chemical industry, in shipbuilding as well as in fields of
household appliances, consumer goods and energy. Currently, Klöckner & Co
has around 9,600 employees. The Group had sales of some EUR6.5 billion in
fiscal 2014.
The shares of Klöckner & Co SE are admitted to trading on the regulated
market segment (Regulierter Markt) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
(Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) with further post-admission obligations
(Prime Standard). Klöckner & Co shares are listed in the MDAX(R) index of
Deutsche Börse.
ISIN: DE000KC01000; WKN: KC0100; Common Code: 025808576.
Contact person Klöckner & Co SE:
Christian Pokropp - Press Spokesperson
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Phone: +49 (0) 203-307-2050
Fax: +49 (0) 203-307-5025
Email: [email protected]
About Sage:
Sage is the market leader for integrated accounting, payroll and payment
systems, supporting the ambition of the world's entrepreneurs. Sage began
as a small business in the UK 30 years ago and over 13,000 colleagues now
support millions of entrepreneurs across 23 countries as they power the
global economy. Sage reinvents and simplifies business accounting through
brilliant technology, working with a thriving community of entrepreneurs,
business owners, tradespeople, accountants, partners and developers. And as
a FTSE 100 business, Sage is active in supporting local communities and
invests in making a real difference through the philanthropy of the Sage
Foundation.
For further information, visit www.sage.de
Contact person Sage Software GmbH: Sage Software GmbH, Jörg Wassink,
Phone: +49 (0) 69-50007-1130, E-mail: [email protected]
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Language: English
Company: Klöckner & Co. SE
Am Silberpalais 1
47057 Duisburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)203 / 307-0
Fax: +49 (0)203 / 307-5000
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.kloeckner.com
ISIN: DE000KC01000
WKN: KC0100
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
Munich, Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX
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