CLS Communication company history timeline

1997

CLS Communication was created in 1997 as a spin-off from Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS) and Zurich Financial Services.

2009

In 2009 it gained a new majority shareholder, the Swiss-based private equity fund Zurmont Madison, through a capital increase and a partial buyout of existing shareholders.

2012

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2013

In January 2013, the firm acquired technical documentation translation specialist, 4-Text GmbH, a company based in Berlin, Germany employing over 60 permanent staff and 200 freelance translators.

Doris Albisser led CLS Communication as Group CEO for 16 years until August 2013, when she handed over operational management to her Group CFO and long-time deputy, Matthias Trümpy, and assumed the Vice-Chairmanship of the Board of Directors.

According to the report "The Language Services Market: 2013" by Donald A. DePalma and Vijayalaxmi Hegde, published by Common Sense Advisory, CLS Communication is the 11th largest global language service provider.

2015

In January 2015, CLS Communication was acquired by Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., a global translation company based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

In July 2015, Matthias Trümpy handed over the CEO position to Tom Spel.

2017

In July 2017, Markus Hacker took over from Tom Spel as General Manager for Central Europe.

2018

In November 2018, CLS Communication moved over to the Lionbridge name and brand.

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