In order to build a global brand and reputation focused on the area of product documentation, the company was given a new name - Sigma Kudos. The group includes the companies previously known as Sigma Information Design, Kudos Finland and Kudos Hungary.
Currently, the company employs over 350 specialists within the fields of technical and product documentation and related services such as Embedded Design and Information Management. We predict continued strong growth and profitability.
History of Kudos
Kudos started trading in 1991 as Kudos Partnership Ltd., at that time offering a range of services in IT recruitment, specializing in providing technical authors to its clients. In the mid-1990s the company expanded its services in the technical writing field by offering project management and outsourcing services in addition to recruitment. In 2000, the two services were of such a size that the Board decided to create two separate companies. In January 2001 Kudos Recruitment Ltd. and Kudos Information Ltd. were created.In 1996 Kudos opened an office in Wilmslow, the UK. In 1999 Kudos won a long-term outsourcing contract with Hewlett Packard Telecommunications Division and established a third office in Grenoble, France. As a result of a global outsourcing contract with Nokia in 2000, Kudos set up offices in Helsinki, Finland and Budapest, Hungary in 2001.
In May 2001 Kudos acquired the majority of the business of e-Publishing, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of a US company Broadvision Inc. This acquisition established Kudos in the US with a presence in 4 key high-tech centers, namely Boston, Raleigh, Dallas and Santa Clara.
In 2004 Kudos established an office in Debrecen, Hungary to support global service delivery and provide cost-efficient solutions.
History of Sigma Information Design
The operations of Sigma Information Design started in the early 1990s as a department of 5 consultants. An unbroken period of expansion began in 1994, and by 1997 the operations had grown to about 30 consultants.Sigma AB was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1997, and Sigma Information Design became a wholly owned subsidiary. The offices in Malmö and Växjö were opened in 1998.
Three acquisitions followed: Infohouse in Karlstad and Improve in Växjö were acquired and incorporated successfully in 2000 and 2001, respectively.
In April 2006, the Ukrainian company Eclipse SP was acquired as the first step in the globalization of Sigma Information Design and later that year in November 2006, the office in Beijing was opened.
In December 2006 Sigma announced the intent to acquire the European subsidiaries of Kudos, as well as 25% of the US business. On February 1, 2007, after two months of intensive work among all parties, the acquisition took place.
