A new tender for onsite and remote interpreting, released by the Swedish Migration Board, is the latest in a string of tenders from the Nordics over the past couple of months. Continue reading
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In another potential money-spinner for LSPs operating in the Nordics, the municipality of Svendborg in Denmark released a new tender for interpretation services worth USD 10.5m. Continue reading
Acquisition activity picks up in the new year as more announcements create ever bigger LSPs. The Danish government tries their hand at aggregating public sector translation demand, and Microsoft claims “human parity” in machine translation. Continue reading
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A dozen Danish government agencies related to the judicial sector issue a massive collective tender for language services. The entire contract will be awarded to a single vendor in order to “achieve cost savings and economies of scale”. Continue reading
BTI Studios hires a veteran 20th Century Fox executive as its new EVP of OTT Operations. Eriksen Translations, Semantix, and Teneo Linguistics welcome new sales and marketing professionals on their team. Continue reading
Semantix consolidates its grip on the lucrative Nordic market by acquiring Norway’s Amesto Translations. With the deal Semantix continues to diversify away from interpretation into translation. Continue reading
Who got hired, who stepped down, who moved over to the next challenge and why? Here’s a roundup of senior appointments and career moves of top executives in the language services industry in 2017. Continue reading
Swedish language service provider Semantix appoints Patrik Attemark as CEO, taking the reins from Anders Uddfors, who has led the company since 2010. Continue reading
In its first major transaction since its 2015 private equity investment, Sweden’s Semantix acquires Denmark’s TextMinded. Deal lifts Semantix revenues comfortably above USD 100m, putting more distance between the LSP and its Nordic rivals. Continue reading
Government procurement agency Hansel defends itself against critics of the way it handled Finland’s EUR 37.5m interpretation contract; denies it changed rules mid-process. Continue reading
Central procurement agency Hansel leaves Finnish government without language service contracts; source says big government clients may launch own tenders. Affected LSPs take Hansel to court. Hansel described as unprofessional customer. Continue reading
EU awards EUR 63.5m interpretation contract to meet language needs of immigrants from southern border; Finland, EUR 37.5m, for those who make it way up north. Continue reading
After withdrawing twice, government contracting agency re-issues call for tender on renewal of major framework agreement for interpretation. Vendors under current framework include Semantix and Norway’s Hero Tolk. Continue reading
From newly formed ULG to MotaWord, Cloudwords, thebigword, and RWS’s CTi unit, 2016 has seen its fair share of senior appointments in the language industry. Here is a roundup of last year’s most important new hires. Continue reading
STP creates new position of Account Linguist Production Manager to oversee 36 full-time Account Linguists. SDL appoints new program director to manage 10 program and project managers. And Semantix names new head of interpretation center in Stockholm, which will house up to 50 interpreters for Arabic, Dari, Somali, and Tigrinya. Continue reading
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