Central Technology Scoops Three Big New Contact Wins

15th November 2012

Central Technology announces big new contract win with the Italian owned Tratos Group, one of the biggest European manufacturers of Electrical, Electronic and Fibre Optic cables.

The Tratos Group, whose UK head office is based in Chesterfield and has offices across the world from Italyto Dubaiand China, with its manufacturing site in Knowsley, Merseyside will be using Central Technology to support its IT and provide Communication Solutions including Central Broadband and Central Cloud. John Light, Managing Director of Tratos, 'We were looking for a provider that was able to supply all of our IT and communication requirements and had a reputation of working with clients with multinational offices. The disaster recovery solutions that Central provides was a key driver in giving our business to the highly skilled team.  Knowing we have a highly qualified, dedicated IT support team just a few miles from our UK Head Office gives us the peace of mind we need to focus on our day to day jobs.' Ian Snow, MD of Central Technology remarks. 'We are delighted to win such a great contract with the Tratos Group.  Clients such as Tratos can really benefit from the range of hosting and communications solutions we offer by creating a unified, secure and resilient network across their national and international sites.  It's great to be able to work with another local business to help improve productivity and be part of their continued success' Central Technology continues to expand its client base in the leisure industry and has recently starting providing IT Support and Maintenance to US owned but Birmingham based PRG, the world's leading supplier of entertainment and event technology.  PRG is no stranger to the spotlight, providing lighting recently to the Royal Windsor Horse Show and slightly closer to its home American Pop Idol. Acquiring PRG as a new customer demonstrates Central's growing reputation and capability to work with larger international organisations that require robust, reliable and effective IT solutions and infrastructure. Additional new contract wins for the team include the award winning Sheffield based Iceotope.  Recently listed as one of the hottest new start-ups in the world, Iceotope has signed Central Technology to supply IT Support and Maintenance and provide secure remote back up. Iceotope which has developed one of the hottest new inventions to be seen in recent years:  a liquid cooling product (as opposed to air) to keep temperatures at optimum levels in data centres. Central Technology's MD Ian Snow remarks, 'It is a real accolade for Central to be working with such an innovative cutting edge company and we look forward to supporting Iceotope as it continues to grow with the rapid adoption of its product.'