Kontron Group
company
The Kontron Group (until May 2022: S&T) of enterprises is an IT consulting, products and services provider with its head office in Linz, Austria.
Company history
S&T was founded by Thomas Streimelweger and Karl Tantscher in 1993. The company started up in Slovakia, Bulgaria and Ukraine and other branches were established over the next few years in Romania, Moldova and Yugoslavia. In the early years, S&T specialized in the sale of IT computer hardware and software, as a distributor for Hewlett Packard but they turned their focus to IT consulting and services in 2000.
S&T's initial public offering took place on the EASDAQ (now NASDAQ Europe) in 1998. Following on from this, the company grew by setting up branches and through the acquisition of other companies. In 1999, for example, S&T expanded its presence into Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia by purchasing Hermes Plus. Not long afterwards, the branch in Slovenia was merged with the acquired e-business company ICOS. S&T also set up a branch in Hungary that same year.
From 1999, S&T became involved with the sale of medical products and is Philips' exclusive distribution partner for medical products in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia. To break into this sector, the company purchased HP's medical products business unit.
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