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Dräger plans IT outsourcing partnership with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
Lübeck to become central location for IT center network in Northern Germany

Berlin/Lübeck (ots)

Lübeck-based Drägerwerk AG intends to
establish an outsourcing partnership with the management and IT
consulting company Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Deutschland GmbH. Within
the scope of this partnership, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young will acquire
the IT subsidiaries Nordac Rechenzentrumsgesellschaft mbH (data
center operation) and Dräger Synematic GmbH (IT consulting) in
Lübeck, and Dräger Information Technologies GmbH (operation of
hospital information systems) in Berlin.
On November 27, 2003, the business partners signed a memorandum of
understanding. The details of the agreement will be finalized in the
coming weeks. The order volume adds up to a three-digit million
Euro-amount. The partners aim at a long-term, global partnership.
They agreed to keep the acquisition price and further details
confidential.
In the future, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young will provide the IT
services for the Dräger group. The 230 IT employees of the three
Dräger IT subsidiaries will be taken over by Cap Gemini Ernst &
Young. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young offers the IT companies and their
employees a clear perspective as service providers in the areas IT
infrastructure operation, IT application management, and IT projects.
"Lübeck will then become the central location of the Cap Gemini Ernst
& Young center network in Northern Germany," says Ulrich Prädel, Vice
President of the Outsourcing Division Central Europe at Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young.
"With this step, the Dräger group will further focus on technology
for life, namely the core competencies medical technology and safety
technology. At the same time, their increasingly global business
processes will thus receive a powerful IT partner able to meet the
present and future IT requirements of the group on a global scale,"
states Stefan Dräger, board member responsible for corporate matters
in the Dräger group, and IT outsourcing project manager.
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
The Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group is one of the world's largest
providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services. The
company helps businesses implement growth strategies and leverage
technology. The organisation employs approximately 50,000 people
worldwide and reported 2002 global revenues of 7.047 billion euros.
More information about individual service lines, offices and research
is available at www.cgey.com.
Dräger group
The Dräger group is a world leader in the areas medical and safety
technology. The company is headquartered in Lübeck. Besides
production sites in Germany, Australia, China, UK, India, the
Netherlands, Sweden, and the US, Dräger is represented by service and
sales offices in over 190 countries. In 2002, approx. 10.000
employees realised world group revenues of Euro 1.3bn. Quoted at the
stock exchange since 1972, the Dräger share is now listed in the
TecDax. 6 % of the revenues are invested in R&D every year. For more
information, please visit www.draeger.com.
For Inquiries:
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young 
Neues Kranzler Eck 
Kurfürstendamm 21
10719 Berlin
Director Communications & 
Marketing Central Europe:
Thomas Becker 
Tel.:  +030/88703-730
Fax:   +030/88703-739
E-Mail:  thomas.becker@cgey.com
Drägerwerk AG
Moislinger Allee 53-55
23542 Lübeck
Head of Corporate Communications:
Dr. Welf Böttcher
Tel.: +49 451 882 2201
Fax:  +49 451 882 3944
E-Mail:  welf.boettcher@draeger.com

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