New paths in reporting: Over the past ten years, ALSO has systematically worked on developing and expanding its commitment to sustainability and communicated this in its Annual Report.

HALIX B.V. signed an agreement with AstraZeneca AB for large-scale commercial drug substance manufacture of AZD1222, the adenovirus vector-based COVID-19 vaccine.

An increasing number of customers has been asking ALSO about offering its value proposition in this region. Here, the IT channel currently experiences the importance of digital platforms (Cloud, IoT, Streaming, AI, etc.) and virtual organizations first hand and is looking for a highly experienced provider with a substantial portfolio and quick route to market. This is one of the reasons why the company will roll out its as-a-Service business model in Spain, starting in 2021.

Celonis, the global leader in Execution Management Systems (EMS) and the Swissheadquartered technology provider ALSO today announced the successful go live of the Celonis Execution Application for Accounts Payable.

Für den Technologieanbieter ALSO Group ergibt sich durch den konsequenten und frühzeitigen Ausbau des Cloud-Geschäfts ein solides Potenzial für strukturelles Wachstum. Das attestiert der Wirtschaftsjournalist Andreas Kälin im Wirtschaftsmagazin "The Market" der Neuen Züricher Zeitung in seinem Artikel vom 16. Oktober 2020.

ALSO takes over dicom Computer-Vertriebsges.m.b.H., an Austrian Value AddDistributor. The acquisition is part of the systematic expansion of ALSO’s Solutions andServices business and at the same time complements the company’s portfolio of productcategories and vendors.

Net sales 5.4 billion euros (+13.1 percent) - EBITDA 92.4 million euros (+21.1 percent) - ROCE 17.6 percent

Adobe’s VIP Marketplace makes it easier for partners to manage their Adobe solutions with ease, allowing them to focus on driving growth and extending the services they offer.

Starting in June, the ALSO Cloud Marketplace offers a comprehensive yet easy-to-use solution for digital signing and management of documents with signNow

DigiCert is the world’s leading provider of scalable TLS/SSL, IoT and PKI solutions for identity, authentication and encryption for websites, enterprise and the Internet of Things. By introducing SSL Certificates as a new product category, ALSO Cloud Marketplace customers can now get access to a wide range of DigiCert‘s certificates.

With over eight million contract customers IONOS is Europe’s leading provider of cloud infrastructure, cloud services and hosting services while ALSO is one of Europe’s largest technology providers. The two companies are now bundling their competences. ALSO is with immediate effect offering its partners and their customers in all European ALSO countries via the ALSO Cloud Marketplace IONOS’s extensive Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) enterprise cloud. Its focus is on customised IT services as required, especially for small and midrange enterprises.

HALIX B.V. has joined a consortium of partners under the guidance of the University of Oxford, to provide GMP manufacturing services supporting the large scale production of a COVID-19 vaccine (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19), being developed by the University’s Jenner Institute. This GMP manufacturing scale-up is taking place alongside early phase clinical trials. The trials are crucial in testing whether the vaccine is proven to be effective.

ALSO and Allied Telesis, partners for years, are now expanding their cooperation at a European level. The Japanese technology company Allied Telesis has for 30 years been a leading manufacturer of network solutions for companies, public administrations and organisations with critical infrastructure requirements.

Liebe Geschäftspartner und Wegbegleiter der Droege Group, wir erleben gerade außergewöhnliche Zeiten. Noch vor wenigen Wochen sind wir uns persönlich begegnet; auf Projekten, in Meetings oder zur gemeinsamen Mittagspause. Wir haben unsere Geschäftspartner besucht und Gäste empfangen. All das ist aktuell anders.

ALSO has partnered with P.E.G. eG, a leading purchasing cooperative in the German healthcare market, to enable its co-owners to obtain services from the ALSO Cloud Marketplace as-a-service, from IT workplaces to ward trolleys, `being always state of the art when technology is concerned.

ALSO is cooperating with BASF, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of 3D printing materials, which is marketing its Ultrasint®TPU01 product under the Forward AM brand. The material is especially suitable for manufacturing the tough, abrasion-resistant and flexible elastic parts required for sports and leisure footwear and by the automobile industry.

Net profit over 100 million euro (+24 percent). Board of Directors proposes a dividend payment of 3.25 Swiss francs per share (2018: 3.00 Swiss francs).

With this appointment, the Board of Directors is now complete. Next to Dr. Hans van Schijndel, in charge of the R&D program, the Board consists of Florian Rösch being the Chief Commercial & Financial Officer and Dr. Eize de Boer, the Chief Operations Officer taking care of Production and Quality Assurance.

Technology provider ALSO is continuing to expand its 3D technology portfolio. Newcomers to the range are the DWS and Leapfrog professional 3D printers and the Sculpto entry-level model.