Abingdon, 29th June 2010. Achilles, global leaders in supplier information management announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with Promena, Turkey’s leading provider of strategic sourcing and procurement solutions. The partnership will introduce Achilles’ services to the Turkish market, a new territory for the company.
“We are delighted to enter into a partnership with Promena” commented Colin Maund, CEO of Achilles. He continued, “The services offered by Promena are complementary to our own and as always we look forward to branching out into a new country. Many of our existing customers across Europe will benefit from the introduction of Turkish buyers and suppliers to the Achilles world”.
As the leading provider of strategic sourcing and procurement solutions in Turkey, Promena offers many procurement services including ‘Spend Management’, ‘E-Auctions’, ‘E-Procurement’, ‘ERP Package Integrations’, and ‘Category and Catalogue Management’.
“Many of our customers enquired about Achilles services and we can see real synergy between Achilles and Promenan” commented Ahmet Dalyan, General Manager of Promena. “We are looking forward to progressing this partnership and welcome the opportunity to work on a truly global platform.”
For further information, please contact:
Carmen Molina
Group Marketing
Tel: +44(0)1235 820813
Email: marketing@achilles.com
The Achilles Group, headquartered in the UK, identifies, qualifies, monitors and evaluates suppliers on behalf of major organisations worldwide. The company builds and supports buyer-supplier communities in many industry sectors, creating unique and powerful global networks. The Achilles Group’s services for sustainable procurement help create opportunities for business and reduce risk in the supply chain.
Promena, a Turkish Koc Group company, was founded in 2001 in order to provide companies with maximum efficiency, effective control and savings in labor and time in their purchasing department. With an annual purchasing volume of over 1.5 billion USD, 2,500 online tenders in 500 categories, an expert staff and over 8,500 qualified suppliers registered in its system. Promena has offices in Istanbul, Ankara and Al Khobar. Koc Group today is Turkey's largest industrial group in terms of revenue, exports, share in the Istanbul Stock Exchange and number of employees. Koc Holding, as the driving force of the Turkish economy and the world's 172th largest company, continues to fortify its strong position in the global league with the awards granted in the domestic and international platforms.