Global Contract

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IDOX PLC

21 July 2011

 



21 July 2011

IDOX plc

IDOX unit McLaren Software wins contract with global steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal

IDOX plc (AIM: IDOX), a leading independent supplier of software and services to the UK public sector and other markets, announced today that its engineering document management and control applications subsidiary McLaren Software has entered a global agreement to supply its Enterprise Engineer application software suite and related services to ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel manufacturer.

McLaren's Enterprise Engineer suite will initially be deployed within ArcelorMittal's European Flat Carbon Division with an initial contract value of €0.5 million. The global nature of the contract will enable other divisions within ArcelorMittal to sign up for McLaren's Enterprise Engineer suite and related services.

ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel company, with operations in more than 60 countries and crude steel production of 90.6 million tonnes, representing approximately 8 percent of world steel output. 

Richard Kellett-Clarke, Chief Executive of IDOX, said:

"This contract win is another milestone deal for IDOX's subsidiary McLaren. Its Enterprise Engineer software suite for the management and control of engineering documentation is to be deployed in a heavy engineering environment in ArcelorMittal's European Flat Carbon Division. With this global agreement, we look forward to working with ArcelorMittal to support their manufacturing operations across the world."

Enquiries:

IDOX plc	[phone]
Martin Brooks, Chairman
Richard Kellett-Clarke, Chief Executive
William Edmondson, Chief Financial Officer
Investec Investment Banking	[phone]
Andrew Pinder/Patrick Robb/Cara Griffiths
FinnCap	[phone]
Charles Cunningham (Corporate Finance)
Stephen Norcross (Corporate Broking)
College Hill	[phone]
Adrian Duffield Kay Larsen

About IDOX plc

IDOX plc is a supplier of software solutions and services to the UK public sector and increasingly to the wider corporate sector. It is the leading applications provider to local government for core functions relating to land, people and property, such as its market leading planning systems and election management software. Over 90% of UK local authorities are now customers.

The Group provides public sector organisations with tools to manage information and knowledge, documents and content, business processes and workflow as well as connecting directly with the citizen via the web.

These capabilities have been recently extended via the acquisition of McLaren Software into the related area of engineering document management and control applications, serving many leading international companies in industries such as oil & gas, mining, utilities, pharmaceuticals and transportation.

IDOX also supplies decision support content and additional specialist services via the IDOX Information Solutions business, as well as transforming approaches to knowledge and content management via consultancy and training in the UK and internationally.

In addition, it provides these specialist skills to customers through its TFPL branded recruitment division.

For more information see www.idoxplc.com

 

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