The European Business Awards has announced that ADSOFTWARE is to represent France as a National Finalist in the prestigious 2012/2013 Awards programme.

ADSOFTWARE has overcome the competition of 15000 companies to be selected as one of 30 French National Finalists and will now compete for National Champion status in the next round of the competition. The aviation industry dedicated French software developer and publisher has been selected as a National Finalist in The RSM International Entrepreneur of the Year Award category.

This award recognises the special traits that make successful entrepreneurs so inspired. Entrepreneurs are visionaries who are instrumental in the success of a business. Their approach to enterprise expansion places them at the crux of the business. Understanding objectives, formulating ideas and making decisions are part and parcel of the role. Final category award winners will be unveiled in April 2013.

The European Business Awards is an independent awards programme designed to recognise and promote excellence, best practice and innovation in the European business community. Judged in line with the broad aims of the European Union and business representative groups across the member states, the Awards celebrates its sixth anniversary in 2012.

Since its launch in 2006 the European Business Awards has established itself as the ultimate platform for outstanding businesses in the EU. Designed to celebrate exceptional results across a variety of categories, the European Business Awards is a global showcase for the best in the business.

Adrian Tripp, CEO of the European Business Awards says, “The European Business Awards provides dynamic and forward thinking businesses a platform to showcase their achievements and share their success with other like-minded companies. Now, more than ever we need to consider how the European economy trades globally and we need brave enterprising European businesses who invest in innovation and excellence to lead the way. This is an opportunity for Europe’s brightest businesses to gain the recognition they deserve on a global stage.”

ADSOFTWARE is a company based in France, with offices in South Africa, Brazil and Thailand serving these regions. It has been in business for 14 years selling its AIRPACK suite of products. AIRPACK is a modular ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning suite which includes a range of solutions called AIRTIME, AIRSTOCK, AIRUSER, AIRDOC, AIRSTAT and AIRWORK. Together these offer an integrated capability for managing: time tracking; fleet management; equipment reliability; maintenance; inventory control; security and electronic documentation.

Considered by the French government as an Innovative Company, ADSOFTWARE has created a great business model by investing in clients support and relying on a network of recognized ground-breaking experts. With more than 340 aircraft managed worldwide, ADSOFTWARE reaches an average annual growth of 26%. In terms of market share, the growth of the company is exponential. ADSOFTWARE counts now 45 clients and joins the top 10 companies in this sector.

“We are extremely grateful to receive this prestigious recognition and to represent France at the Awards, especially since members of the jury are prominent business leaders”, says Fred Ulrich CEO of ADSOFTWARE. “The nomination comes in recognition of a really innovative business model for this type of market; we face competitors that are 10 times our size. The new features developed for AIRPACK 2011 seduce more and more customers around the world. ADSOFTWARE is carrying on its success story and recorded twelve new customers in the last 18 months”.

About ADSoftware

ADSOFTWARE Is a 14 year old IT company based in France, with offices in Thailand, Brazil and South Africa. Specialising in aviation software, the company has developed a fleet management system and logistic package called “AIRPACK”. This system meets the needs of airlines operating fleets between 2 and 60 aircrafts, as well as Maintenance and Repair Organisations (MRO) and Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisations (CAMO).

The strength of ADSoftware is the simplicity of its product. It is Microsoft Windows® ready, web-enabled and multilingual. The company provides a complete training in just five days and a 24/7 online technical support. ADSOFTWARE is extremely competitively priced, costing up to 40% less than its competitors. Visit www.adsoftware.fr for more information.

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