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, LanguageWire and Raymond James, as well as Slator’s own Florian Faes. Continue reading
Acquisition of boutique technical language service provider Birotech by Belgian rival Déesse highlights the challenges owners face in selling their language service provider when they reach retirement age. Continue reading
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 August 1, 2018. Continue reading
SlatorCon London 2018 was a spectacular display of the breadth and depth of the language industry, uniting a diverse mix of industry stakeholders from end buyers, vendor CEOs, analysts, and investment bankers involved in industry M&A. Here’s what you missed if you weren’t there. Continue reading
Benjamin du Fraysseix, CEO of Technicis, gave his perspective on M&A during a presentation to the SlatorCon London audience in May 2018. Du Fraysseix has been a practitioner of the art and science of M&A, having led the company through multiple acquisitions since 2012. Continue reading
More than 80 language industry leaders, 6 presentations, a lively panel debate and extended networking opportunities; SlatorCon London 2018 again assembled some of the most important names in the industry and touched on what matters in language services and tech. Continue reading
UK-based LSP The Translation People has acquired Cicero for an undisclosed amount, adding GBP 0.55m in revenues to its 2017 totals of GBP 5.1m. Continue reading
Download Slator’s 2017 Language Industry M&A Report. An in-depth summary and analysis of the 38 language industry mergers and acquisitions Slator covered in 2017; including price, earnings or revenue multiples paid where available, sector, country and much more. Continue reading
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
As the pace of mergers and acquisitions in language services continues to pick up speed, Olga Blasco looks at what language service providers have to get right to make integration a success and ensure that upfront savings don’t come back to bite. Continue reading
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