Ericpol is a Polish company operating in IT field. The company specialises in the production and development of software for telecommunication and M2M, as well as enterprises that base their activities on modern technologies. The headquarter is located in Łódź, branch offices in Kraków and Warszawa and the company has subsidiaries in Sweden (Linköping), Ukraine (Lviv) and Belarus (Brest). The Ericpol Group employs 1350 people (in 2011).
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Ericpol was founded in 1991 in Łódź. The first job consisted in testing telephone exchange monitoring software for Ericsson. Two years later Ericpol's employees begun to participate in projects run by Ericsson's R&D departments outside Poland. In 1996, the second office was established in Kraków, and in 1998 the total number of staff exceeded one hundred. In 2004 Ericpol set up the first foreign branch offices in Linköping, Sweden and Lvov, Ukraine. In 2005 the company became a Leader of Modern Technologies. In 2007 a new subsidiary in Brest, Belarus was opened. A year later "Teraz Polska" emblem was awarded to Ericpol. In 2010 a new modern office in Krakow (in Krakow Technology Park located in a special economic zone) was opened.
Today, Ericpol offices in Poland, Sweden, Ukraine and Belarus employ 1350 staff, including over 1000 engineers.
In Łódź, the company purchased an old factory (erected in the early 20th century) which was later revitalized and adapted into office space. The newly restored building was nominated to “The Best Interior of the Year 2008”. In Krakow Ericpol also acquired a tenement house on the Vistula river in the vicinity of Wawel Castle. The quality of the renovation works gained it a nomination for the Janusz Bogdanowski Award. In 2010 Ericpol Krakow moved to a new business office in Krakow Technology Park, (located in a special economic zone), giving 500 places of employment.
For a last few years Ericpol has been taking leading places in the Polish IT rankings: Computerworld TOP200 and Teleinfo500.
According to annual report of IDG publishing, "Computerworld TOP 200 – Polish ICT Market" for 2009 Ericpol takes:
In 2010 the company was recognized as the best and the most innovative company among small and medium enterprises of the Lodz province, according to "Business Wings" report. (prepared by Polish ‘Gazeta Prawna’ under the Department of Economy patronage).
In February 2011 Ericpol became a laureate of “Forbes Diamonds” (created by Forbes Magazine).
In 2011 Ericpol – as the first and the only Polish company – was ranked among the top 100 outsourcing companies in the world (in the group "Rising Stars") according to the ranking of world's top outsourcing and advisory companies, The Global Outsourcing 100 (prepared by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals. IAOP is a global organisation setting outsourcing standards. The results were presented in February 2011, during the IAOP’s 2011 Outsourcing World Summit in Indian Wells, California. In 2011 Ericpol was also ranked among 500 world's biggest software and services suppliers. The Software 500 ranking was prepared by Digital Software Magazine, the Software Decision Journal publishing house.
For 20 years Ericpol has been operating in the field of modern technologies with the use of high accessibility software, taking full responsibility for services provided in the following areas:
Ericpol specializes in four segments:
During 21 years of operation Ericpol has executed over 650 comprehensive long-term projects in 75 countries.
Ericpol regularly cooperates with the Technical University of Łódź, the Jagiellonian University, the University of Łódź and the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. The company actively participates in the didactic process of the students of telecommunications, applied mathematics and computer science through lectures and seminars conducted by Ericpol’s specialists.
The International Banach Prize
Ericpol constantly expands the scope of cooperation in terms of both telecommunication and information technology, and mathematical sciences, which is confirmed by the establishment of the International Stefan Banach Prize. It is a joint initiative of Ericpol Telecom and the Polish Mathematical Society. The prize reflects the company’s recognition for the unique role played by mathematics in the contemporary world. The prize’s objective is to both promote and financially support the most promising young scientists in mathematical sciences who hold a PhD diploma in this field.