17/04-10   -   Press releases

Babylon restructures sales in Central Europe

Newly established Alingoo GmbH is sole representative of Babylon Ltd. in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Benelux countries

April 13, 2010, Munich, Germany. Babylon Ltd., a world leading provider of language solutions and Alingoo GmbH agreed on close cooperation. Effective immediately the newly formed Alingoo GmbH, headquartered in Munich, is the official and sole representative of Babylon Ltd. in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Benelux countries. Alingoo will primarily serve corporate clients and retailers in these regions and focus on language and knowledge solutions in close cooperation with the manufacturer.

Alingoo GmbH started its operation at the beginning of 2010 and the team was recruited mainly from former employees of Babylon’s branch in Munich. The founder and majority shareholder of Alingoo is Reinhard Dobelmann, who established Babylon’s German branch back in 2001. Since then, Dobelmann holds shares in Babylon Ltd.

Jörg Wunderer, former branch manager, and Robert Heuss, former Sales Manager of Babylon GmbH act as managing directors in the new company Alingoo GmbH. Alingoo wishes to ensure a solid foundation for its corporate customers and channel business in CE and contribute to the success of Babylon.

"Babylon Enterprise software is a widely appreciated enterprise search tool and a component for efficient and successful knowledge solutions in innovative companies. The special functionality of Babylon Enterprise plays an important role. In this environment, a professional and personal customer service and relationship is indispensable. The new distribution structure enables us independence for local activities and responsiveness for local requirements in addition to the continued close relationship with Babylon", said Reinhard Dobelmann, CEO of Alingoo GmbH in Munich.

Alon Carmeli, Babylon Ltd.’s CEO adds "The new business structure in Central Europe is to achieve both a strong local and competent partner for our corporate clients as well as an efficient online distribution. The Alingoo GmbH’s team has achieved great success in the past within the Babylon organization. I am very confident that the new structure will work even better for all parties concerned in the future“.

Babylon
Babylon.com (TASE: BBYL) is a world leading provider of language solutions such as online and offline dictionary and translation software, language learning solutions, English writing enhancement , and enterprise retrieval solutions. The Babylon.com user base exceeds 62 million desktop installations in more than 200 countries (more: www.babylon.com).

Alingoo
Alingoo GmbH is the sole and official representative of Babylon in the central European countries. The company was founded in Oktober 2009 by Reinhard Dobelmann, who established Babylon’s German branch back in 2001. Former Babylon managers are members of the Alingoo management team. Alingoo supports enterprise customers and channel partners of Babylon in close cooperation with the vendor focussing on language and knowledge solutions. The company is operating in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Benelux countries (more: www.alingoo.eu).