Our Client: Data Respons, Norway
Data Respons (1,400 employees and NOK 1.9bn revenue) is a leading technology company delivering R&D engineering services, software and hardware development, smarter embedded and IoT solutions to OEM companies, system integrators and vertical product suppliers in a range of market segments such as Transport & Automotive, Industrial Automation, Telecom & Media, Space, Defense & Security, Medtech, Energy & Maritime, and Finance & Public Sector. It has offices in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France and Taiwan. Since 2020 Data Respons is a subsidiary of AKKA Technologies SE (22k employees and EUR 1.8bn revenue), a globally operating engineering and technology consulting group based in Brussels, Belgium, and listed on the EURONEXT stock exchange.
„With this transaction, we continue to strengthen our position in Germany, the largest industrial market in Europe and strategically important for Data Respons. Digitalisation and connection of vehicles, transformation of powertrains, increasing environmental- and security requirements are challenging the automotive industry to innovate at a faster pace than before. In order to keep up, the industry is investing heavily in advanced software and data-driven tools supporting an efficient development and testing of new platforms. DONAT’s deliveries are highly specialised software services and represents a business-critical part of the customer’s development process for some of Germany’s leading automotive brands”, says Kenneth Ragnvaldsen, CEO of Data Respons.
„We are pleased to welcome DONAT group into the Data Respons family. We have identified already several synergies with our German group companies in relation to both customer structure and competence sharing. Together we are better equipped to become a complete technology partner for our customers and contribute to the more automated, digitalized and connected solutions”, Ragnvaldsen concludes.
