ALSO Holding
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Industry | IT distribution |
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Headquarters | Switzerland |
Revenue | 8.0 billion[1] |
Number of employees | 3,700[1] |
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ALSO Holding AG is a listed distribution and logistics company based in Emmen, Switzerland.[2][3][1]
Background
ALSO Holding is Europe's third largest (after Ingram Micro and Tech Data), broad line information technology, consumer electronics and telecommunications (ICT) distributor. In 2016, ALSO had a turnover of 8.0 billion euros.[1] ALSO is active in 15 European countries: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and Slovenia; and is the market leader in its core markets of Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Switzerland.
ALSO was founded in 1984 and has been listed on the Swiss stock exchange since 1986. In 1988, ALSO became majority-owned by Schindler Holding AG. On February 9, 2011, Actebis of Germany and the ALSO Holding of Switzerland merged their activities and renaming the company ALSO-Actebis Holding with its headquarters in Switzerland. On March 14, 2013, the name was changed back to ALSO Holding AG.
Their largest subsidiary representing 44% of sales, ALSO Deutschland GmbH, is located in Soest, Germany. Once the largest IT distributor in Germany, ALSO Deutschland is now second to Ingram Micro after its 2013 purchase of Brightpoint Inc.[4]
Shareholding structure
The majority of shares are privately held:
- 51.30% Droege Special Distribution Holding GmbH, Düsseldorf, a subsidiary of Droege holding company
- 27.97% Schindler Pars International Ltd., a subsidiary of Schindler Holding AG
References
- 1 2 3 4 2016 annual report for ALSO Holding AG December 31, 2016
- ↑ Geschäftsbericht 2015, auf: also.com (PDF 6 MB), retrieved on September 10,2016
- ↑ ALSO in Kürze
- ↑ Channel Partner von IDG: "Die Top 30 in Deutschland" von Christian Töpfer 08.08.2016