Munich/Langenfeld, December 10, 2019: With the NEXUS United Group, the digitalization specialist valantic expands its service offerings in the areas of digitalization, customer experience (CX), and digital commerce. The NEXUS United Group based in Langenfeld is a digital integrator for technically complex IT projects that focuses on digital commerce, the Internet of Things (IoT), Product Information Management (PIM), data-driven marketing, and sales transformation (CRM). As a platinum partner of the digital commerce provider Spryker and No. 1 Shopware partner on the German market, NEXUS is one of the leading digital integrators in Germany. The merger underscores valantic’s consistent growth strategy and its position as an expert partner for innovative digitalization projects that prides itself on being close to its customers.
Holger von Daniels, CEO and Partner at valantic, looks forward to working with his new colleagues: “Together with NEXUS, we are uniting within valantic expertise in all relevant CX technologies and we will have the personnel to assist our customers with the digital transformation of their business from strategy to implementation. With our range of services, we will also serve the CX segment with a variety of technologies and we will be the clear No. 1 on the German, Austrian, and Swiss markets for Pimcore, Magento, and now also Spryker and Shopware, as well as a leading provider of Hybris, part of the SAP Customer Experience Suite. For this, we have brought together at valantic designers, marketing experts, commerce specialists, front- and back-end developers, logistics process consultants, and SAP experts.”
Tim Wedler, founder and Managing Director of NEXUS about the benefits of the merger: “The expectations of our customers, software partners, and employees are increasing constantly. In the medium term, fulfilling these expectations will require that service providers maintain a certain size and stability. That’s why we were searching for a strong partner who shares our values and can help us develop. In valantic, we have found the perfect partner and we’re looking optimistically toward the future!”
With more than 1,000 employees and sales of more than EUR 150 million, valantic is one of the fastest growing digital solutions, consulting, and software companies in Europe and, according to Lünendonk, is one of the Top 10 medium-sized German IT consulting companies.
NEXUS United concentrates on Spryker and Shopware technologies for the implementation of digital commerce and e-business platforms. It is one of these technology providers’ most important partners, and it is one of the fastest growing digital integrators in German-speaking Europe. FOCUS and Statista have elected NEXUS United Growth Champion for 2020 and placed it in the Top 25 of the fastest-growing companies in Germany. NEXUS United offers commerce consulting and design, it handles complex integration tasks, and ensures the ongoing optimization of its customers’ digital commerce platforms. According to the company’s motto, “do more together,” more than 120 experts in back-end and front-end development, digital transformation, creative services, data-driven marketing, IoT, and sales transformation (CRM) develop and operate complex digital platforms for B2C and B2B customers in various industries and of various sizes. NEXUS was founded in 1999. It is active primarily on the core market Germany and in Europe, and it has branch offices in Langenfeld (headquarters), Siegen, and Iași (Romania). Customers include, among others, the FAZ, Deutsche Börse, PRYM, Lekkerland, Pietsch, and ESA (CH). “NEXUS United is a congenial partner for us, to complement our Spryker capacities in Switzerland and our entire CX range of services,” says von Daniels.
At the moment, valantic sees no single technology that is dominating the CX market. Instead, the company is assuming a regular distribution of market shares across several large CX software players and expects that this will remain so for the foreseeable future. “Each customer scenario is different. That’s why it’s so important to us to be technology agnostic and to have strong, technology-based teams. Only this way can we be in a position to offer the right solutions for each customer requirement. Thanks to the merger with NEXUS United, we are now even better positioned in the CX sector,” explains von Daniels.
