Freudenberg Celebrating Ten Years of Its IT Business in North America

PLYMOUTH, Mich., Nov. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Freudenberg IT (FIT), the premier global provider of IT services for optimizing and operating IT systems, is celebrating ten years of successful operations in North America. The milestone comes at the time when FIT is expanding its cloud infrastructure, purpose-built for SAP®, to deliver secure, fast and reliable services.

"FIT America is a perfect example of Freudenberg's winning recipe for long-term success – creating value for the customer through innovation and entrepreneurship. Last year, 15 Freudenberg companies generated more than $1.8 billion in sales in North America, making it Freudenberg's second largest market after Europe. FIT's success solidifies that position," says Leesa Smith, Freudenberg North America president and regional representative.

Ten years ago, FIT entered the North American market with a focus on managed SAP hosting, serving two customers. Year over year, the customer base grew significantly to include those from consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, industrial machinery, life sciences, retail, and many more.

To accommodate the growth of business, FIT America expanded its data center and office operations in North Carolina multiple times: in 2005, 2009 and 2012. By investing in the new data center, office operations and workforce, FIT America has been able to respond to the increased demand for managed SAP hosting services and information technology outsourcing (ITO).

Today, more than 120 FIT America experts (with access to more than 1000 worldwide experts) provide services to more than 150 customers who benefit from FIT's early adoption of the latest IT megatrends with SAP, including cloud computing, big data and mobility.

"I am truly proud of the growth that we have experienced over the past decade in North America. Our continual success is attributed to our customer-centric business model. This, in combination with our state-of-the-art data centers, puts us in a unique position to maintain and run thousands of customers' mission-critical systems. As a result, customers look to us as their 'trusted IT advisor' to optimize their IT departments with improved performance," says Michael Heuberger, FIT America president and CEO.

FIT America has been and continues to be a trail-blazer in the hosting of SAP in the cloud. Their cloud offering, FITvFlex, provides customers with rapid system deployment, application availability and throughput, ongoing technical applications support, and robust data security policies and procedures; all with an improved cost-benefit ratio.

FIT's services have been uniquely engineered from the ground up to specifically deploy and operate mission-critical software applications, like SAP, in the cloud with optimal performance and unbeatable uptimes.

About the Freudenberg Group: The Freudenberg Group is a family-owned company offering customers technologically advanced and support-intensive products and services. The Group develops and manufactures seals, vibration control technology components, filters, nonwovens, surface treatment products, release agents and specialty lubricants, medical technology and mechatronic products. Freudenberg also develops software solutions and IT services primarily for small and medium-sized enterprises. Consumers enjoy Freudenberg's state-of-the-art household products marketed under the vileda®, O-Cedar®, Wettex®, Gala® and SWASH® brands. In 2012 the Freudenberg Group had 37,453 employees in 57 countries and generated revenue of more than 6.3 billion euros. More information about Freudenberg is available at  www.freudenberg.com.

About Freudenberg in North America: Freudenberg North America Limited Partnership is the North American holding company for Freudenberg & Co. of Weinheim, Germany that owns a family of companies which operate 15 unique businesses at 58 locations in North America. Together, these companies provide innovative products and solutions to customers in industries ranging from automotive, aerospace, and medical to chemical, oil and gas, and construction. For further information, please visit www.freudenberg.us.

About Freudenberg IT: Freudenberg IT (FIT) is a global provider of IT services for implementing, optimizing and operating IT systems. FIT specializes in mission-critical hosting capabilities across the globe using its world-class FIT-owned data centers. IT services include managed hosting services (e.g. for SAP software, Exchange, etc.), LAN/WAN management, client services, helpdesk services, infrastructure-as-a-service, disaster recovery services, and more. As an SAP-certified global provider of hosting and cloud services with over 40 years of experience running and hosting SAP software, FIT is recognized as a strategic partner and top-tier hosting provider within the industry. FIT's customers benefit from its emphasis on business-critical computing with extensive audits and certifications across most industries. FIT is part of the Freudenberg Group, a family-owned business of 160+ years, employing over 37,000 employees across 57 countries today and with solid financials of over $8 billion in annual revenues. For more information, please visit: www.freudenberg-it.com/us.

Indira Sadikovic
Freudenberg North America LP
Corporate Communications
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