About us
What Defines CENIT as a Company?
For over 30 years, CENIT has worked with decision-makers to define strategic digitalization strategies for business.
From strategic consulting on digital processes to implementation of innovative technologies, we are our clients’ trusted partner for digitalizing business processes along the entire value chain. We are particularly experienced in industries such as automotive, aviation, manufacturing and financial services, and we take a forward-looking approach to widening our industry horizons.
We maintain long-term partnerships with service and platform providers as well as tech investors and boast a global expert network of about CENIT 1000 specialists at 29 locations in nine countries.
We rely on our proprietary software solutions and services as well as our industry and process expertise to support our clients’ digital evolution. Managed services complement our portfolio.
We know how to give answers to complex questions – with the speed that volatile markets demand.
Together, we safeguard our clients’ competitiveness, boost their digital autonomy, help reduce their carbon footprint and reconcile their profitability goals with environmental and social interests.
CENIT Corporate Culture
When we talk about CENIT we also talk about change, because change is part of our DNA. For over 30 years, we have helped our customers negotiate dynamic markets, take the right steps toward digitalization, and efficiently implement important changes.
In the name of CENIT, more than 900 employees from more than 30 countries are committed to getting client companies set for the future – be they startups, mid-size business or large-scale corporations. Our employees are the driving force behind our company, and they make us proud.
Partnership-based interaction, openness to new ideas, a helpful attitude and an attraction to new challenges – all these define how CENIT works. Mutual trust lets us react quickly and flexibly to changing market requirements. Our responsible, entrepreneurial approach lets us work together to generate sustained added value for all – clients, partner companies, employees and shareholders.
As a business, we trust in the strength of each individual and the combined strength of our global team.
Our Values
Ever since CENIT was established, clear values and principles have provided the foundation of our actions and the way we interact. We live these values and are convinced that, as humans and in terms of technology, they take us at CENIT forward as a strong partner and trailblazer.
Our Values
Partnership
We work together in a spirit of respect and honesty.
Entrepreneurial
We acknowledge that it`s never anyone else`s problem.
Forward Thinking
We innovate and shape the future!
Dynamic
We think smart and act fast to keep you ahead in the race.
Trust
We never let you down.
Our Principles
We are a trusted advisor to our customers and establish trust based long-term relationships.
We value our employees and aim for a lifetime partnership.
We foster strategic partnerships with leading hybrid platform providers to enhance our cutting edge own software and service portfolio.
We provide deep industry and functional expertise along the entire digital value chain.
We are present in local markets close to our global customers and provide nearshore options for operations.
We focus on steady organic and inorganic growth by preserving our unique culture.
We measure, analyze and improve in a sense of a learning culture.
CENIT Group
The name CENIT stands for “Center for IT & Digitalization”. CENIT Group is thus an internationally active IT enterprise that markets proprietary and non-proprietary software solutions as well as the associated software consulting and integration. From strategic consulting on digital processes to implementation and operation of innovative technologies, the companies of CENIT Group are our clients’ trusted advisors for digitalization of business processes along the entire value chain.
Our mission is to shape sustainable digitalization, and to this end we serve more than 6,000 active client companies from a wide range of industries, including automotive, aviation, manufacturing and financial services.
CENIT Group is composed of CENIT AG, represented at nine office locations across Germany, five international CENIT country representations and six independent subsidiaries. With a total of 29 offices in nine countries as well as partners in additional countries, we are globally present as a Group and are therefore able to maintain geographic proximity to our customers wherever they may be located.
In all, about 900 employees of CENIT AG, CENIT country offices and CENIT subsidiaries collaborate as a global team. We network our expertise to define custom-designed, technologically superior and future-proof solutions for our clients.
We are united in our goals of (1) enhancing the level of digitalization and competitiveness within our client businesses and (2) reconciling their business activities with profitability goals and all aspects of sustainability.
CENIT Group
The Companies of CENIT Group
The subsidiary companies of CENIT Group are proven specialists in the fields of product lifecycle management (manufacturing) or enterprise information management (document management & logistics). They combine industry expertise with all-round consulting, software development and service knowhow.
Our close networking creates synergies that let CENIT Group exploit the full potential of digitalization for our clients.
The subsidiaries of CENIT Group are independent legal entities which act on their own cognizance. Following an acquisition, they retain their identity, agility and decision-making powers. However, with respect to expertise & technology as well as personnel & financial resources, they always have the Group as a strong partner at their back. This is how we shape joint success.
ISR Information Products AG
Founded in 1993, ISR Information Products AG has advanced as a consulting company with six locations. ISR Information Products AG has become an expert in analytics, process digitization and application management. With a comprehensive view of the needs of well-known customers, ISR designs, modernizes, implement and support IT architectures, software solutions and IT infrastructures. Our goal is to enable you to use data economically.
Coristo GmbH
Coristo GmbH specializes in consultancy and software solutions to provide optimal support for processes in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) based on SAP. The focus is on enabling (data) consistency from the initial product concept, through product development and validation, in logistics and production processes and in all services.
KEONYS
KEONYS is a competent partner for PLM (product lifecycle management) and 3D solutions. With its focus on sustainable digitalization, KEONYS helps businesses of any size and from any industry to develop improved products and innovative services, and to accelerate time to market. KEONYS has been a part of CENIT Group since 2017; together with CENIT, it is the leading global value-added reseller of Dassault Systèmes.
mip GmbH
mip GmbH was established in 1988. As one of the very first IT service providers in Germany, mip sought to leverage management information systems to empower clients to make data-based business decisions. From consulting to implementation and support services for future-proof solutions, mip serves clients who wish to use their data as a resource in driving operational and economic change in the context of digitalization.
PI Informatik GmbH
Since 1996, Berlin-based PI Informatik GmbH has specialized in software development, SAP services, MES solutions, infrastructure and information security. Especially in industrial software development and developments for the public sector, approximately 30 employees rely on MES systems for efficient production management, connection to ERP software systems for optimized business processes and solutions for operational data collection.
ACTIVE BUSINESS CONSULT
For more than two decades, ACTIVE BUSINESS CONSULT has been serving business clients in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. In our consulting, we focus on optimizing business processes and implementing SAP and IT projects in energy supply, logistics and transport, industry, commerce and the public sector.
As SAP Recognized Expert for SAP S/4HANA, we at ACTIVE BUSINESS CONSULT shape and digitalize processes in sales, production, quality assurance and maintenance, as well as their integration with the respective financial and controlling processes. We deploy state-of-the-art technologies such as machine learning and cloud solutions to generate added value within and across enterprises.
CCE b:digital GmbH
CCE offers digital solutions and services for the engineering and manufacturing sectors. With an interdisciplinary team of consultants, IT specialists and developers, the company successfully implements complex projects. Since 1996, the name CCE has been synonymous with project expertise and reliability in the implementation and optimization of innovative software. More than 400 customers in the German-speaking countries rely on CCE's expertise.
The extensive CCE portfolio is divided into three business areas: PLM Services, Application Services and Digital Services. With this range of products and services, CCE makes a significant contribution to the digitalization of medium-sized companies.
Analysis Prime
Founded in 2018, Analysis Prime is widely recognized as the global leader in SAP Planning and Analytics. Analysis Prime’s modern approach recognizes that companies need a Hive Mind of real experts with knowledge across integrated solutions, with deep functional and industry wisdom.
The 72+ person team of Analysis Prime consists of an ideal blend of highly experienced functional and technical resources with energetic and modern thinking personnel to deliver solutions that are as visually and conceptually elegant as they are functionally efficient. No matter where you are in your Digital Transformation journey, Analysis Prime has a customized solution to help you take advantage of modern Planning and Analytics capabilities to get you there faster.
History
1988
Foundation
Company established
1994
IBM award
IBM's most successful CATIA business partner in Germany
1998
Listed on the Neuer Markt
Revenue: 120.5 million marks, Employees: 315
2000
CENIT Switzerland established
2001
CENIT North America established
Major contract from Airbus
2003
CENIT becomes SAP Partner for PLM
German Stock Exchange – Prime Standard
2006
CENIT Romania established
CENIT becomes Airbus Prime Supplier
2007
CENIT France established
CenProCS AIRliance GmbH established
CENIT receives the IBM Innovation Award
2008
cad scheffler acquisition
Revenue: €77.06 million,
Employees: 636
2010
Conunit acquisition
2011
Transcat PLM AG (Switzerland) acquisition
CENIT Japan established
2014
SPI Numérique acquisition
2015
Majority interest in Coristo GmbH
2017
Keonys acquisition
CENIT becomes the world's largest Dassault Systèmes Platinum Partner
Majority interest in SYNOPT
Revenue: €151.7 million, Employees: 764
2018
30 years of CENIT
2020
100% integration in SynOpt acquisition
2021
CENIT China established
2022
New CFO
Peter Schneck joined the CENIT Group as a member of the Executive Board
ISR Information Products AG acquisition
2023
mip GmbH acquisition
PI Informatik GmbH acquisition
ACTIVE BUSINESS CONSULT acquisition
2024
CCE b:digital GmbH & Co. KG acquisition
Analysis Prime LLC acquisition