KPN has a buyer for the ailing Getronics found. The activities of the it service provider in Europe, Asia before and Latin America are hand done to the German company Aurelius. The Dutch branch falls out of the sale.
In August of last year, KPN is already known in the Netherlands to say goodbye to the brand Getronics, thus the name, from October last year until the past belonged. KPN announced at the time of the activities of the company under his own name, to continue. Although KPN outside the Netherlands to hold the name of Getronics, the company, now known as farewell of the in 2007 acquired international branch to do so.
In a statement late KPN know that it is planning the activities to sell to Aurelius, a German listed industrial holding company. It is expected that the sales in the second quarter of this year. The sale also has no consequences for the former Getronics activities in the Netherlands: the branch remains part of KPN, called KPN Corporate Market.
A zegsvrouw of KPN claims that KPN Corporate Market outside shot remains. International customers with their headquarters in the Netherlands will also after the sale of Getronics operated continue to be used by the business branch of KPN. In any case, in Europe and Asia will be the name Getronics maintained. By the acquisition going to be no jobs lost.
KPN Getronics in 2007 took over, was previously known heavily in the it company want to cut. Of the four thousand jobs at KPN disappear, the half at Getronics deleted. Most of the jobs going to India. It is not yet clear whether redundancies will fall. In 2009, there disappeared also all 1400 jobs at Getronics.