Advania ehf is a Nordic information technology service corporation headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland.[1] The company is the largest in its field in Iceland and the 9th largest in the Nordic countries.
Pre-Advania
editAdvania is the result of numerous mergers and acquisitions of mainly Icelandic companies, but also of some European companies. Its roots go as far back as 1939, when EJS was founded and 1952, when Skýrr was founded.
| Date | Company | Business | Country | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 November 2009 | Eskill | Software development |  Iceland
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[2][3] |
| Kögun | Software development | Iceland
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| Landsteinar Strengur | Software development and retail | Iceland
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| The three companies merged into Skýrr hf. Landsteinar Strengur had come to be when two companies, Landsteinar and Strengur respectively, merged. The three companies had been subsidiaries of Teymi. | ||||
| 19 November 2010 | EJS | Computer and software retail | Iceland
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[4][5] |
| EJS had sold 58% of its shares to Skýrr. It merged into Skýrr hf on 19 November 2010. EJS had 190 employees and Skýrr hf 470 at the time of the merger. | ||||
| 16 November 2011 | THOR Data Center | Data centre | Iceland
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[6][7] |
| Skýrr acquired THOR Data Center, the first data centre built in Iceland. | ||||
| 20 January 2012 | Aston Baltic | Software retail |  Latvia
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[8] |
| Hands AS | Software development and retail |  Norway
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| HugurAx ehf | Software development and retail | Iceland
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| Kerfi AB | Software development and retail |  Sweden
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| Skýrr hf | Software development and retail | Iceland
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| All 5 companies merged and became Advania hf. | ||||
Mergers
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Acquisitions
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References
edit- ^ "Sameinast undir heitinu Advania".
- ^ "Skýrr, Eskill, LS og Kögun sameinast í eitt fyrirtæki - Vísir".
- ^ "Sk?rr, K?gun og Landsteinar Strengur sameinast ? Eitt fyrirt?ki - Fr?tt - AMX". Archived from the original on 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
- ^ "Rekstrarlausnir Skýrr sameinast EJS - Vísir".
- ^ "EJS og rekstrarlausnir Skýrr sameinast".
- ^ "Skýrr kaupir allt hlutafé í Thor Data Center - Vísir".
- ^ "Skýrr kaupir Thor Data Center".
- ^ "Sameinast undir heitinu Advania".