Paris-headquartered Technicis folds 9 of its 12 brands into newly created Acolad Group. After 2018 M&A spree, group’s revenue base now over 2.5 times larger than in 2017. Continue reading
Download Slator’s 2018 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 48 language industry mergers and acquisitions and ten startup funding rounds Slator... Continue reading
SlatorCon tour took in four global cities across three continents in 2018 and featured a grand total of 35 speakers representing the full breadth of the language industry from startups, language... Continue reading
From technology, markets, and M&A to investment and the competitive landscape, the language industry leaders we interviewed in 2018 commented on a wide range of issues - here are our top picks. Continue reading
In second bolt-on-acquisition of the year TransPerfect buys Berlin-based Mobile App and Gaming Localizer Applanga. CEO Phil Shawe says M&A efforts are now in full swing. Continue reading
Private equity firm CataCap Partner and LanguageWire Deputy Chairman tells SlatorCon Zurich 2018 why CataCap invested in the Danish language service provider and decided to back its recent... Continue reading
Language technology startup Lilt has introduced a new “human-in-the-loop” model, providing language services to their end-customers, but still rejects the LSP label. Continue reading
SlatorCon Zurich 2018 featured language industry experts from big tech, life sciences, language services, private equity and investment banking, hosting speakers from Google, Roche, Ubiqus,... Continue reading
thebigword posts full-year 2018 revenues of nearly USD 100m and EBITDA of USD 5.9m, as growth is boosted by Ministry of Justice contract and defense business. Company launches new video remote... Continue reading
Poland-based Summa Linguae spent USD 2m acquiring Kommunicera, an “almost identical” language service provider, to expand into the Nordics. CEO highlights investment in NMT, API integrations and... Continue reading
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in August 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, dipped slightly to 100.85 in November 2018... Continue reading
Denmark’s LanguageWire buys Belgian-based Xplanation in deal that creates one of the largest diversified European language service providers. Combined 2018 revenues to come in at nearly USD 70m. Continue reading
ZOO Digital is expanding in Asia and has appointed a new Head of Operations in the region. LanguageWire welcomes a new Software Director while senior managers join BTI Studios and the Chartered... Continue reading
New language service providers are being launched at a record clip in the United Kingdom with 2018 on track to eclipse 2017 as the most active year for new incorporations. Continue reading
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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