msg systems ag

1980 

msg software GmbH founded on January 31st, 1980 by Hans Zehetmaier, Herbert Enzbrenner and Pius Pflügler

1981 

BMW AG and Vereinte Krankenversicherung AG (now trading as Allianz Private Krankenversicherungs-AG) signed as the very first clients

1990

Company revenue exceeds DEM 10 million

1991

Company name was changed from msg software GmbH to msg systeme gmbh

1994 

Acquisition of GEDO Gesellschaft für Datenverarbeitung und Organisation mbH, the current office of msg systems ag in Hürth/Cologne

1995

Founded the Swiss regional company, msg systeme ag

1996

Certification in accordance with DIN ISO 9001
Founded msg netzwerkservice GmbH

1997

Acquisition of a participatory share in GILLARDON AG financial software and expansion of the Financial Services business area
Founded the Austrian regional company, msg systeme GmbH
Revenue exceeds DEM 100 million

1998

Strategic partnership with SAP AG
msg systeme listed onto the Lünendonk ranking "Top 25 IT consulting and system integration companies in Germany" for the first time
Founded PREVO-System AG

1999

Karl-Martin Klein and Volker Reichenbach are also appointed managing directors of msg systeme GmbH
The number of employees exceeds 1,000

2000

Founded the US regional company, msg systems Inc., at the offices in Chicago (now New York)

2001

August 31st 2001: Change of the legal setup from GmbH (private limited company) to AG (public limited company) (not listed on the stock exchange) and change of the company's name from msg systeme gmbh into msg systems ag

2002

msg systems initiates the International Insurance Conference Munich (inscom) that provides a forum for leading insurance representatives every other year.

2003

Official opening of the new company headquarters in Ismaning: 11,000 square meters of space accommodating more than 850 employees;
msg systems receives the "Bayerns Best 50" award as one of the fastest growing medium-sized business in Bavaria
The number of employees exceeds 1,500 

2005

Company celebrates its 25th anniversary
msg systems is once again recipient of the "Bayerns Best 50" award
msg systems becomes the main sponsor of FC Ismaning (Bavarian regional football league)
msg systems starts to provide financial support for the St. Klara children's home in Freising

2006

msg systems acquires a participatory share of finnova AG Bankware, a Swiss IT company which specializes in the banking sector
The company holds its own series of lectures at the University of Passau

2007

Dr. Dirk Taubner joins the board of directors
The health care consulting and product offering is bundled in one company – innovas GmbH

2008

Service offering for the financial services industry is bundled in msgGillardon AG
msg systems becomes majority shareholder of COR AG
Founded msg global solutions ag – the company, which is headquartered in Switzerland, specializes in providing consulting services for insurance companies at an international level
Founded the offshore center msg systems Romania S.R.L in Romania
CEO Hans Zehetmaier participates in the prestigious competition to identify Germany's best entrepreneur and is awarded with  the title "Entrepreneur des Jahres – Finalist 2008"  

2009

With a revenue of 309 million euros (2008), msg systems is positioned on the sixth place in the Lünendonk ranking of the "Top 25 IT consulting and system-integration companies in Germany"
Founded m3 management consulting GmbH, a cross-industry company that focuses on strategic management consulting
msg systems penetrates new market segments and expands its range of services to include the industries Telecommunications & Media, Public Sector, Life Science & Healthcare, Travel & Logistics and Utilities
Frank Plechinger joins the board of directors
msg systems becomes the principal shareholder of COR&FJA AG
msg systems further increases its commitment to universities and establishes a trust fund for Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences. In addition, msg systems also establishes a cooperation with the renowned Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania 

2010

CEO Hans Zehetmaier is appointed to the Senat der Wirtschaft (Economic Senate), an independent, non-party political organization which works towards an ecologically humane market economy.
The number of employees exceeds 3,000
Founded msg services ag which specializes in IT outsourcing, hosting and application services providing
msg systems takes share in inex 24 AG and realizes together with this company a web-based collaboration platform for the sector of industry insurance, which is run by msg services ag
msg systems becomes the top company of the Lünendonk ranking of the "Top 25 medium-sized IT consulting and system-integration companies in Germany"

2011

Dr. Stephan Frohnhoff joins the board of directors
Foundation of PiAL Consult GmbH
Strategic participations in the Austrian companies Plaut AG and Hagenberg Software GmbH
msg systems continues its success of previous years and is once again awarded the prize "Bayerns Best 50"

2012

Roland Roudny joins the board of directors: The board now consists of Hans Zehetmaier (CEO), Dr. Stephan Frohnhoff, Frank Plechinger, Volker Reichenbach, Roland Roudny and Dr. Dirk Taubner