Financial Printer Takara Expands into SE Asia through TRANSLASIA Investment
Japanese financial printing giant Takara Printing has taken a majority investment in TRANSLASIA to expand into Southeast Asia. Continue reading
Andrew Smart
Co-Founder of Slator. Financier, entrepreneur, commercial director. Building businesses one new client at a time.
UK ATC Builds Lobbying Efforts Ahead of March Brexit
UK language industry representatives step up lobbying efforts, aiming to mitigate potential impact of Brexit, which threatens to disrupt UK LSPs' access to qualified linguists in-country. Continue reading
Inside Asia’s Growing Language Industry at SlatorMeet Hong Kong 2018
The drivers of growth in Asia’s language industry came into focus as Slator hosted its inaugural SlatorMeet in Hong Kong on October 11th, 2018. Continue reading
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TransPerfect Moves Corporate Headquarters to Nevada
TransPerfect wasted no time in moving its corporate domicile from Delaware to Nevada once the deadline for Co-founder Liz Elting to file a final appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court had passed on... Continue reading
Moravia Drives RWS Revenue Growth But Not Margin Expansion
In the first half of its 2018 financial year, RWS posts revenues of GBP 139.6m and a pre-tax profit of GBP 28.6m. While acquisitions drive revenue growth, the core patent translation business... Continue reading
The Slator 2018 Language Service Provider Index
Slator launches the 2018 Slator Language Service Provider Index (LSPI). The index comprises the largest language service providers worldwide with aggregate 2017 revenue of USD 4.7 billion derived... Continue reading
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Court Accepts TransPerfect Sale to Phil Shawe, Hopes All ‘Can Move on with Their Lives’
The Delaware court has approved the sale of TransPerfect shares to Phil Shawe and ruled that Liz Elting’s objections are without merit. Shawe will pay USD 770m, over 10 times EBITDA. Elting to... Continue reading
The Five Factors Why Phil Shawe (and not H.I.G.) Got TransPerfect
TransPerfect co-CEO Liz Elting is pushing the Delaware court to reject the sale of her shares to her co-founder Phil Shawe, claiming the custodian’s abuse of discretion and Shawe’s misconduct.... Continue reading
Frontenac’s Ron Kuehl on Why Private Equity is Investing in Language Services
At SlatorCon New York, Frontenac Managing Director Ron Kuehl discussed why private equity is interested in the language services industry and their CEO1ST approach to investing. Continue reading
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Phil Shawe at SlatorCon New York on Tech, Talent, and Sales
At SlatorCon New York, embattled TransPerfect Co-CEO Phil Shawe shares why early technology investment paid off and how to build a sales organization where no one has to push people to make them... Continue reading
D&B’s Chief Procurement Officer on How LSPs Can Add Strategic Value
At SlatorCon New York, Kevin Giblin, Chief Procurement Officer, Dun & Bradstreet, the importance of building strategic supplier relationships that add value to the business and why Procurement... Continue reading
Language Industry Leaders Debate Growth Prospects at SlatorCon New York 2017
At SlatorCon New York, leading language industry leaders gathered to discuss what’s driving this fast-growing space. Participants were treated to insightful and authentic presentations by... Continue reading
Keywords CEO Says SDL, Lionbridge ‘Don’t Play Strongly’ in Gaming
Revenues at game localizer Keywords up 50% in first half of 2017. CEO Andrew Day tells analysts deal making will continue with up to ten acquisitions per year and not worried about potential... Continue reading
Goldman Sachs Stops Work on Pactera IPO
Goldmans Sachs halts US IPO work for HNA Pactera on governance concerns as Pactera continues to seek new capital for expansion. Move may have have implications for Pactera’s localization unit. Continue reading
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