The industry was abuzz with leadership changes. Two language industry CEOs stepped down after more than two decades at the helm, and a number of large companies announced key management adjustments. This was the year in language industry hires.
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 acquisition of Xplanation.
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 technology and language service providers to the buy side, finance and academia.
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.
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 interpreting (VRI) capabilities to expand interpretation offering.
Slator tracked over 70 language industry M&A transactions and reviewed the next steps founders took after selling their business.
Slator’s inaugural comprehensive language industry market report. It examines total market size, the 10 main end-buyer industries, competitive landscape, productivity tech, NMT and much more.
The Slator 2019 Language Service Provider Index features the largest LSPs in a Leaders Index and the midfield in a Challengers Index.
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 covered in 2018.
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 vs 102.69 the previous month.
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.
Activity was high among language service provider executives in the first half of 2018 as boardrooms and executive teams were reshuffled. Here are our top 10 picks from January to June 2018.
The partnership enables Xplanation to offer customers a streamlined process for translation that will simplify brand management across the world. Through Gelato´s platform, global brands can manage their brand and printing in a more sustainable and cost optimized way.
Xplanation has appointed a new CEO. Senior managers join SuccessGlo, Bureau Translations, and Morningside Translations.
Vistatec appoints a new COO, while Morningside hires a senior vice president for finance and director of product for legal. Jonckers and Xplanation welcome new business managers.
Conversis has a new Account Director, Summa Linguae takes on a Consultant of Business Strategy for Growth and M&A, Xplanation appoints a Regional Manager for the UK and Ireland, and SwissGlobal names its Head of Quality Management.
A carefully curated selection of 2016's most salient quotes. We have the CEOs of Lionbridge, TransPerfect, Welocalize, and SDL. The buy-side with PayPal, Nielsen, Swiss Post, and major law firms. And technology from Google, Facebook, Baidu, WIPO, and much more.
Belgium-based Xplanation gets second German hub with acquisition of Munich-based LSP Matrix. CEO Steven Van Lint pegs consolidated revenue at EUR 25m; says Matrix founders will stay on board as COO and CTO of combined organization.
The EU is expected to enact a sweeping overhaul of its regulatory framework for medical devices in early 2017, which includes changes to requirements for multilingual documentation. Brexit also adds to uncertainty.
Navigating Europe’s regulatory landscape is no easy task for manufacturers looking to market their products across the continent’s multilingual single market. Translations are linked to product liability and lacking a language strategy can result in spiralling costs.
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