GROHE, the leading international manufacturer of sanitary fittings, and Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, have signed an agreement for IT infrastructure outsourcing. The multi-million Euro contract between GROHE AG and Capgemini Outsourcing Services GmbH spans a period of five years, and means that some 20 employees of GROHE will transfer to Capgemini. The future services will cover GROHE sites in Brazil, Canada, Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Portugal, Singapore and Thailand, for which Capgemini will leverage its global Rightshore® network consisting of onshore, nearshore and offshore centres.

“With its Remote Infrastructure Management capabilities and strong presence in Germany, Capgemini is the ideal partner for a cost optimised IT process management,” says Chief Process Officer Michael Staade of GROHE. Oliver Schwarz, Head of Outsourcing Services Capgemini in the region Germany, Austria and Switzerland, also underlines this aspect in establishing a solid basis for the future collaboration: “For GROHE, we will be able to leverage our global Infrastructure Transformation Services to sustainably optimise the company’s IT services processes. We look forward to taking over this assignment for our new client.”

With a market share of about 8%, GROHE AG is Europe’s largest and one of the worldwide leading manufacturer of sanitary fittings. As a global brand for sanitary products and systems, GROHE is setting benchmarks in this segment in terms of quality, technology and design. The company has some 5,000 employees and generated annual revenues of about EUR 826m in 2009. GROHE maintains three production sites in Germany (Hemer, Lahr, Porta Westfalica) as well as in Canada, Portugal, and Thailand. The company is represented in more than 130 countries.