Rome, 6th April 2010 – Today Solgenia S.p.A. has signed the agreement for its direct participation in an industrial plan aimed to lead, under an Italian governance, glorious historical brands of the Information Technology such as Syntax and OiS (the former Olivetti Group) currently operating under the company name of GFI Italia (www.gfiitalia.it).

This company was the Italian branch of the French multinational GFI Informatique, one of the leading European companies in the IT sector that has started to focus its business core on the French and Spanish markets, by searching strategic partners to transfer its activity in those countries where the company operates.

GFI Italia currently operates in the Top & Large Account sector with a turnover for Software services of more than 40 million Euros and 350 employees, and boasts important participations in other IT companies.

In this operation Solgenia S.p.A. will play the role of industrial and governance coordinator, thus becoming part of an important context and creating a working team in the Information Technology with a turnover of more than 60 million Euros and 550 employees with an overspread presence through its own branches of Turin, Genoa, Milan, Vicenza, Bologna, Florence, Spoleto, Rome, Bari and Naples. The group also operates in the regions of Calabria and Sicily thanks to its significant participations in other subsidiaries.

“The industrial plan including GFI Italia is part of a broader strategy to reinforce the domestic market of reference that has recently made Solgenia able to acquire different business activities, by consolidating and enhancing its strong position in the ICT market”, affirms Ermanno Bonifazi – President and CEO of Solgenia SpA.. “In this case Solgenia keeps on improving its know-how, technical skills and high a qualified offering that enable our  company to include the Top & Large Account in  its market of reference".

“The opportunity to regain our role in a new Italian group is very important for us”, states Eugenio Pontremolesi, managing director of GFI Italia. “It is more and more common to consider innovations a real chance to increase competitiveness and it is important to see how Italian companies can play a main role in the technological innovation process for private and public companies. This enables the return of a historical Information Technology player to an Italian governance, thus being an important opportunity to show market the capacity of excellence and innovation of the Italian companies”.

“Our capacity to develop innovative products as application support for the business and collaboration processes, together with high project and integration skills of GFI Italia, and its diffused presence on the territory, are all features that make us a player of reference for the Italian Information Technology market”, adds Ermanno Bonifazi.

Moreover, in the frame of an overall collaboration agreement the parent company GIF Informatique has decided to distribute and commercialise Solgenia solutions on its leading markets of France, Spain and Benelux after having recognised remarkable elements of interest and innovation in Solgenia products designed for the Business Application and Unified Communication.