Williams Lea

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Williams Lea Group Ltd.
Williams Lea
Williams Lea
Type Privately Held Company
Founded London, UK, 1820
Headquarters London, UK
Key people Tim P. Griffiths, CEO and Director
Industry Corporate Information Soulutions
Revenue $772.10 Million USD (Image:green up.png76.20% FY 2005)
Employees 8,000
Website www.williamslea.com

Williams Lea, the global leader of Corporate Information Solutions, was recently ranked among the top of the world's leading outsourcing companies by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, the global standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession. The company placed 21st -- largest among global Corporate Information outsourcing companies -- on the IAOP's inaugural Global Outsourcing 100 list, which is featured in a special advertising section in the April 3rd issue of FORTUNE Magazine.

Williams Lea is a UK-based company that offers business process outsourcing (BPO) to blue chip clients worldwide. Although started in 1820 as a company providing printing services to the financial industry, the company has undergone a number of reinventions and nowadays purports to offer 'corporate information solutions', a term that covers a wide range of mail management, document control, bulk mailing, reprographics and design services.

Williams Lea has undergone rapid expansion in recent years as its refocus on BPO has been well timed with the desire within large organisations to concentrate on their core operations and to outsource other functions. Growth has been largely organic, although the company has made acquisitions in the US and Asia to enhance its global reach.

Although for many years a privately held company, in 2006 a majority stake in the company was taken by German postal & logistics company Deutsche Post, parent company of DHL. In Q3 2006, the company employs approximately 8000 people with a turnover of some £600 million p.a.


[edit] Clients

Banking, Financial, and Insurance clients include:

Law clients include:

[edit] Acquisitions

  • In November 2006, acquired UK-based The Stationery Office for $257.2 million [1]
  • In August 2005, acquired US-based Uniscribe for $36.1 million and Australian-based Creatis for $7.7 million. [2]
  • In October 2004, acquired US-based Bowne Business Solutions for $190.8 million. [3]

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