Dear friends !
The heat is up as we approach the end of a very eventful and exciting year . This is true both to employees , shareholders , partners , and not least for our customers . Digitalization and the terms Big Data , Artificial Intelligence , Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 has really been put on the agenda this year , both in public and private parts of the industry . The technology takes us into a new era and this is something we find very exciting .
While many companies are struggling , especially in Western parts of Norway , we have an optimistic view of all the opportunities these change bring . The same is luckily the view from many of our customers . SYSCO entered the year of 2016 with ambitions for continuous and strong growth . I had been commissioned by the Board to consider the possibility of obtaining funding to also be able to grow with acquisitions . For many years , our wonderful staff have worked hard , innovated and created ” Good Stories ”. These have been instrumental in creating the platform we need to achieve our new goals , 500 MNOK in revenues by the end of 2021 . It turned out quickly that both banks and financial communities had great faith in our plans . This made me very proud and satisfied both as the leader and one of the founders of the company .
After careful consideration of several options , we invited Credo Partners to be the main shareholder in SYSCO . Credo Partners is an Oslo-based finance & consulting environment , consisting of skilled people with extensive experience in assisting growth companies . The experiences and results so far give me a very good gut feeling into 2017 . An important part of our strategy has been to establish ourselves as a Nordic IT environment . During the current year , we have established offices in both Copenhagen and Stockholm . We will use the same recipe that has worked in Norway , cooperation with Oracle on technology as well as the continuation of our solutions and experience from the Norwegian power and Energy industry .
SYSCO has gradually become an international company in many ways . In addition to having employees in Peru , Sweden and
Denmark , we have highly skilled colleagues from a total of 16 nations . These people represent in all respects our values ” Different - Specialized and Energetic .”
I take this opportunity to thank our employees , partners and all our customers for the past year .
I wish you a peaceful and wonderful Christmas holiday and a happy New Year !
Frank Vikingstad CEO SYSCO AS