BIW Technologies Ltd (BIW) has been acquired by German-
based conject Holdings GmbH in a deal to unite Europe’s
leading providers of ILM software applications to the
engineering, construction and real estate industries. BIW
will join with conject AG, creating a new group that offers
customers a full range of applications to support asset-
based projects through their whole lifecycle: from concept,
design and construction through to facilities management.

With offices in nine countries worldwide, the new group has
combined revenues of around €18 million, with 180
employees and approximately 170,000 active users.
Supported by two of Europe’s leading growth investors,
Early Bird and Seventure, the group is now perfectly placed
for ambitious future growth across Europe, the Middle East,
Asia Pacific and North America.

The group’s operating subsidiaries BIW Technologies and
conject AG will each retain its own local identity, offices,
staff and resources, whilst continuing to develop and
maintain its current portfolio of applications. Group
oversight will be provided by a Management Board
comprising the senior executive of both companies, who
will seek to exploit the group’s extended global reach and
resources to the benefit of clients.

“We are delighted to be joining forces with conject,” said
Colin Smith, CEO, BIW and co-CEO of the group. “BIW has
been expanding into new international markets over the
last few years, and joining forces with conject will help us to
build on that growth for the benefit of our customers. In
these challenging economic times, clients look for suppliers
who are financially secure, have a robust business model
and global reach – and we can now offer them exactly
that.”

“conject and BIW share the same vision and approach to
innovation and customer service,” added Martin Reents,
CEO, conject and co-CEO of the group. “We recognised the
quality and value of BIW’s applications, which are wholly
complementary to our own ILM portfolio, and we are very
excited to be able to extend and complete our suite. Many
of our customers are world leaders in their fields, and have
increasingly global and complex needs. Together, conject
and BIW can offer them a service that meets these needs.”

BIW is headquartered in Woking, Surrey, with further offices
in Nottingham, Dubai, India and the USA. Its carbon
neutral, online project management software is used by
around 15,000 organisations to improve project
management and control.

conject AG’s Infrastructure Lifecycle Management software
is used by more than 3,500 businesses – including 65 per
cent of Germany’s blue-chip (DAX) companies. With head
offices in Munich, Germany, it also operates in the
Netherlands, Austria, Russia, the USA, Singapore and
Dubai.

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