Teleplan
 | |
| Public - | |
| Traded as | FWB: TPL |
| Industry | Electronics Manufacturing Services |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | Schiphol, Netherlands |
Key people |
Gotthard Haug, CEO, A. Schmassmann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board [1] |
| Services | After Market Service, Fulfillment, Reverse logistics, Refurbishment, Recycling |
| Website | http://www.teleplan.com |
Teleplan International N.V. is an electronics manufacturing and servicing company. It is headquartered in Schiphol, the Netherlands. Teleplan sells products and services in 95 countries and employs over 5000 people.
History
Teleplan was founded in Griesheim (near Frankfurt, Germany) in 1983. Initially, the company serviced broadcasting equipment. Its first customer was Broadcast Television Systems Inc.. As it grew, Teleplan acquired customers in the computer supply business, such as Sony and HP during the PC market boom of the 1980s, by providing outsourced warranty services for the PC industry in Europe.
Until 1990, Teleplan concentrated on expanding the borders of its regional foundation in order to serve customers on a larger scale. Major expansions from 1990 onwards included expanding technical knowledge, developing d measuring and regulating equipment and developing software in-house in order to supervise the entire process.
By 1994, Teleplan had developed into one of the most important players in the German market in the field of CRT monitor repair with a vast number of large European customers. The German Teleplan concept was so successful, client requests for Teleplan's services from other regions became too large to ignore and Teleplan began examining possibilities for establishing a physical network of branches throughout Europe. A chronology of the company's global growth and acquisition path follows:
Milestones
- 1982 Foundation of the company as Teleplan Telekommunikationssysteme Vertriebs und Handels GmbH in Griesheim, Darmstadt
- 1990 Expansion and acquisition of contracts for industrial customers in order to deal with warranty repairs for monitors
- 1996 Market entry into Switzerland, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Austria
- 1997 Market entry into Sweden and Italy
- 1998 Diverse takeovers
- Relocation of the headquarters to Amsterdam, Netherlands
- IPO on the Neuer Markt of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- 1999 Merger with the business unit “repairs of Computer peripherals” of Xyratex / Havant International
- 2002 Teleplan began on cutting down acquisitions
- 2004 Teleplan and a group of shareholders agreed upon and substantially concluded a comprehensive financial restructuring of its debt facilities
- 2005 Capital Increase as part of the financial restructuring in June 2005
- 2007 Capital increase of 10% to raise the cash position of Teleplan
- 2009 Restructuring successfully implemented
- 2012 Teleplan delisted