UBIFRANCE takes 20 French innovators to CeBIT 2012

UBIFRANCE will group together the French companies in two areas during the CeBIT trade show in March. Companies focused on new technology and research will be in Hall 9, and hardware specialists will be in Hall 14.

A wide range of products will be exhibited, including those relating to business IT, business communications and networks, ICT infrastructure, IT and telecoms accessories, Future Internet, and 3D technologies. This year, CeBIT takes place in Hanover (in northern Germany) from 6 to 10 March.

According to the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO), worldwide IT expenditure is experiencing substantial growth rates in emerging countries and should have risen by 4.3% in 2011, reaching €963.4 billion. In Europe, Germany stands out, as it exceeded the European average and experienced a significant increase in expenditure, up by 4.3% in 2011, while France enjoyed a 3.4% increase.

The EITO highlights the substantial upsurge — by 4.2% — in the French infrastructure software segment in 2011. This trend is expected to continue in 2012, with a forecasted 4.8% rise. The growth in this segment is primarily the result of rising sales in storage-and-security applications, boosted by the proliferation of Cloud Computing offers.

Also according to the EITO, the worldwide IT market in 2012 will grow by 5.4%, exceeding €1,000 billion in sales for the first time.

A list of the companies that will be on the French pavilion is supplied below; a detailed catalogue is available on request.

Bidulandco

Bidulandco develops applications for USB sticks, SD cards and hard drives.

www.bidulandco.com

CAREX-France

CAREX-France specialises in the wholesale distribution of telecommunications and multimedia products.

www.carexfrance.com

COP sas

COP sas is the creator of Nexboo: “The first digital democracy where ideas are exchanged between friends, or the world,” explains the company.

www.nexboo.com

ELYCTIS

ELYCTIS develops hardware devices and software applications dedicated to Secure Identity, including e-ID and e-passport.

www.elyctis.com

GEOCOM

GEOCOM provides e-marketing tools that use mobile phones.

www.geocom.fr

H5 Audits

H5 Audits is made up of independent experts who specialise in measurement technology for businesses' IP networks.

www.h5audits.com

HDW

HDW is a distributor of high-technology goods.

www.hdwfrance.fr

HOME TECHNOLOGY

HOME TECHNOLOGY allows its clients to manage their homes via the internet, controlling temperature in the home remotely, for example.

www.home-technology.eu

INFOSEC Communication

INFOSEC Communication designs, manufactures and sells a comprehensive range of UPS and surge protectors that are adapted to market needs.

www.infosec-ups.com

Jamespot.Pro

Jamespot.Pro is an online solution that allows businesses to communicate and work collaboratively, both internally and externally.

www.jamespot.com

Moselle Développement

Moselle Développement is an economic-development agency set up by the General Council of the Moselle département, in Eastern France.

www.moselle-developpement.com

Ordissimo

Ordissimo has created a personal, simplified computer that is suitable for beginners.

www.ordissimo.com

PackshotCreator

A world leader in digital product photography, PackshotCreator offers unique solutions for the automated production of packshots.

www.packshot-creator.com

PNY Technologies

PNY Technologies delivers a full spectrum of high-quality products for everything in (and around) the computer.

www.pny.eu

Runware

Runware designs, produces and markets communications accessories with high added value for mobile phones.

www.runware.com

Sage

Sage produces software designed to manage a range of functions within a client organisation, such as finance and accounting, sales, pay, HR, enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and e-commerce.

www.sage.fr

SR21

SR21 is the regional development and innovation agency for the island of La Réunion, an overseas département of France in the Indian Ocean, near Mauritius.

www.wereunion.re

VIOTECH

VIOTECH designs, develops and markets high-added-value services and applications.

www.viotech.net

About UBIFRANCE

UBIFRANCE is the French export-support agency. As the partner of reference for French companies wishing to export, UBIFRANCE offers a complete range of services based on the provision of information on export markets, legal issues and regulations, as well as international finance and tenders, while also supplying sectorial data.

In addition, UBIFRANCE offers export advice and targeted support to companies' commercial activities, such as exploratory visits, partnership meetings, foreign exhibitions and international press communication.

Finally, UBIFRANCE runs the International Postgraduate Programme (VIE) for employing qualified personnel and young graduates outside France.

UBIFRANCE is showcasing about 20 French companies at CeBIT, which will take place in Hanover (in northern Germany) from 6 to 10 March 2012. The companies will be in Hall 9 (Booth C08) and Hall 15/Planet Reseller (Booth F61).

For further information about CeBIT, please go to: www.cebit.de/home

For further information about the French Trade Commission UBIFRANCE in the UK, please go to: www.ubifrance.com/uk/

For further information, please contact :
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Ms Katherine WOODS – Press Officer
UBIFRANCE Press Office in London
Tel: +44 (0) 207 024 3640
katherine.woods@ubifrance.fr