Circlon

Company

The Circlon Group's original investment is PDS GmbH, founded in 1986. Through targeted acquisitions in the areas of WLAN infrastructure and software development, the Group, with around 100 employees at 3 locations, is now one of the most powerful providers of mobile data collection. The product portfolio ranges from mobile applications and managed services to complete life cycle management with the cloud-based Circlon | Operate tool. Circlon | group's customers include well-known logistics, industrial and trading companies such as Hermes Logistik, Deutsche Post AG, Dachser, DPD, Saint-Gobain, RWE, EDEKA, REWE and Gebrüder Heinemann.

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Market & Drivers

The Circlon | group has entered the ITSM (IT Service Management) market as a niche player and is focused on becoming a leading company specialized in managing mobile devices in the retail and logistics sectors. In order to successfully penetrate the market, the company developed Circlon | Operate, as its own cloud-based platform, for marketing on OEM and reseller markets in order to set a standard outside the German market.

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NORD Holdings Contribution

NORD Holding acquired 70% of the PDS Group in 2006 and has been supporting the company since then with ongoing expansion and several acquisitions in the areas of WLAN infrastructure and software development.