Negotiations between Summa Linguae and Mayflower Language Services are complete. The two companies enter a cooperation agreement and an investment one. What does this mean for us and for the Indian company as we partner to enter global markets?
Krzysztof Zdanowski – CEO at Summa Linguae – never hides that he wants his translation agency operating successfully in global markets. What he would like to happen next is joining the top 100 largest LSPs worldwide in terms of revenue.
The strategic alliance with Mayflower is one of the first steps on Summa Linguae’s way into global markets.
Global Markets Await
As stipulated in the agreement, Summa Linguae takes up 3,922 shares in the increased share capital of Mayflower. The Indian company, meanwhile, acquires 191,130 bearer shares in the increased share capital of Summa Linguae.
Each company will have its representative in the Supervisory or Management Board of the other company.
Mayflower Language Services (est. 2003 Madhuri Hegde in Bangalore) is an Indian translation agency.
Over a decade later, Mayflower is among the five largest Indian LSPs. They serve customers in over 20 countries around the world. They also have a branch in San Francisco and are continuously expanding an already extensive portfolio.
Madhuri Hegde skillfully takes advantage of the fact that her company is in Bangalore, also known as the Silicon Valley of India.
Her translation agency specializes in testing, translation and localization of computer software, applications, websites and e-learning platforms as well as localization and voice-over-video.
As Bangalore is also a leading outsourcing center, Mayflower deals also, to a large extent, with providing assistance in recruitment of employees, which involves conducting job interviews and verifying language skills of potential employees.
What They’re Saying
Summa Linguae’s CEO says as follows about development opportunities arising from cooperation with Mayflower:
Although negotiations and talks with Mayflower took several months, we have reached an agreement beneficial for both companies. As regards our customers, they will undoubtedly benefit from the expanded portfolio of services provided in more language pairs. Owing to the alliance with Mayflower we will be able to serve bigger customers with more sophisticated requirements. What is more, in 2014, we were the 6th largest translation agency in Poland. Now, once the agreement with Mayflower has been signed, we estimate to be ranked 3rd in terms of revenue.
Summa Linguae will not be the only beneficiary of the cooperation concerned:
The deal with Summa Linguae opens the European market for us. Poland is our gateway to Europe, and the successes achieved so far by the Krakow-based company make us feel that it is a perfect partner to jointly struggle for global markets – said Ms. Madhuri Hedge, CEO at Mayflower Language Services, having signed the agreement.
Services by both companies are perfectly suited to the market needs – both Krakow and Bangalore are cities known as startup and outsourcing centers.
Joining forces in such a dynamically growing environment seems to be a perfect move in the struggle to build an international brand with global reach.
