Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) today announced that its Norwegian subsidiary signed a worldwide IT outsourcing contract with Norway-based Elopak, a leading global packaging company. Under the terms of the six-year contract, signed in the first quarter of 2007, Unisys will provide Elopak with a comprehensive suite of IT services. The contract has an estimated value to Unisys of $18.6 million.
Unisys will provide outsourcing services to support more than 1,500 Elopak employees at 33 locations in 25 countries on five continents. The services include service desk, desktop services, centralised and distributed systems management and data centre hosting. The services are designed to give Elopak a centralised, standardised and consolidated global IT environment that can support its global business strategy and make it more responsive to evolving customer requirements.
“Elopak required worldwide outsourcing services that could help us make IT costs lower and more predictable, increase business agility and reduce risk,” said Bjørn Henrik Moshuus, CIO at Elopak. “Unisys is a perfect match for us. Unisys global scale and comprehensive range of services let us create a centralised IT governance model that enhances our business, helps us serve customers more effectively, and benefits Elopak employees around the world.”
The data centre services for Elopak will be provided by the Unisys Nordic outsourcing centre in Alingsås, Sweden. The Unisys global sourcing operations centres in Bangalore, India will handle systems management services, as well as certain desktop and help desk services.
Unisys will begin the transformation of Elopak’s IT environment during the second half of 2007.
"The solution Unisys is delivering for Elopak demonstrates how our expertise in services delivery can further a client’s global sourcing strategy,” said Gunnar Hesse, general manager, Nordic Countries, Unisys. "We are confident that Unisys global outsourcing resources will drive IT innovation that furthers Elopak’s strategic business objectives.”
About Elopak
Formed in 1957, Elopak is today a global successful supplier of high quality carton and plastic packaging systems for non-carbonated food. The company goes to market with complete, flexible and cost efficient packaging solutions. At the centre of Elopak's well established range of packaging solutions is the Pure-Pak® carton, the world's first paper-board carton.
The company is based in Norway and wholly owned by Ferd Group (one of Norway’s largest privately owned industrial groups). Elopak is continually modifying its packaging expertise to match changing world demands for packaged food. The company’s business is to break new ground at every level of packaging; processing standards, food science, logistics analysis, packaging concepts, all alongside a total systems approach which uniquely characterises Elopak's contribution to the world of packaging.
About Unisys
Unisys is a worldwide technology services and solutions company. Our consultants apply Unisys expertise in consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, and server technology to help our clients achieve secure business operations. We build more secure organisations by creating visibility into clients’ business operations. Leveraging the Unisys 3D Visible Enterprise approach, we make visible the impact of their decisions – ahead of investments, opportunities, and risks. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements rely on assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. In particular statements in this release regarding the anticipated value of the contract assume contract pricing will not change and performance of the contract will continue for its full term. Because pricing may be subject to adjustment, under certain circumstances, as a result of periodic benchmarking surveys, and because the contract is terminable by Elopak before the end of its term, the anticipated value of the contract is not guaranteed. Additional discussion of factors that could affect Unisys future results is contained in periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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