From left to right: Donald Travers, Head of Technology Group, IDA Ireland; Jens Mullak, Director of INIT Ireland; Matthias Kühn, Director of INIT Ireland; Anthony Alexander, General Manager of INIT Ireland; Sean Power, Mayor of Kildare; Deike Potzel, German Ambassador; Anne-Marie Tierney-Le Roux, Department Manager, Regional Business Development
Maynooth and Karlsruhe, 28 November 2018.
Already present in more than 20 locations worldwide and headquartered in Germany, INIT is now continuing its global growth by opening a new subsidiary in Ireland. The new branch is located in Maynooth, County Kildare, to the west of Dublin. The opening event took place Wednesday 28 November in the presence of the German Ambassador Mrs. Deike Potzel and Mr. Seán Power, Mayor of Kildare.
As a world-leading supplier of integrated planning, scheduling, telematics and ticketing systems for buses, trams and trains, INIT has already realized several successful projects in Ireland and now consolidated its presence in the region.
This is a unique strategic initiative for INIT, as they plan to create a world-class software development centre in Ireland, the first one outside Germany, in order to tap into Ireland’s renowned software ecosystem and service their expanding English-speaking markets. Currently, a team of eight employees is working on the software for INIT’s ticketing systems as well as for field devices. Future plans include the provision of up to 20 additional jobs.
At the grand opening, numerous business partners and customers took the chance to discover the new office. “Ireland with its fast-growing economy is an ideal location for INIT. It excels with its good infrastructure and its qualified specialists. This also is an opportunity to improve the service for our existing customers in Ireland” emphasizes Matthias Kühn, Director of INIT Ireland.
Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys said “I was delighted to see INIT choose to locate their first operation outside of Germany in Maynooth. The Government has been making strenuous efforts to ensure that we have the right conditions in place to meet the needs of leading technology companies such as INIT, and Ireland is now well-established as a vibrant technology hub. This is a great vote of confidence in what we have to offer and I wish the company every success.”
Welcoming today’s announcement, Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland said “The decision by INIT to locate their operations in Maynooth, Co. Kildare is a huge boost for the local economy and points to IDA Irelands success in encouraging client companies to look at developing operations outside of Dublin. I wish INIT every success going forward.”
INIT has already completed several successful projects in Ireland. Among those was the delivery of an integrated ITS solution for Dublin Bus to optimize its operations and to manage its bus services across the entire city. The system also provides a real-time feed in the National Transport Authorities (NTA) passenger information infrastructure.
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