EOS Group
{{Short description|German holding company}}
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| revenue = EUR 853,1 million (fiscal 2019/20){{cite web |title=EOS Annual Report 2019/2020 |periodical=Website of EOS |url=https://eos-solutions.com/dam/jcr:c4a5736d-7620-43c7-83be-00d6d22c012f/EOS%20Annual%20Report%202019/20.pdf |access-date=2020-07-22 }} Number of employees was 7,578 (fiscal 2019/20)
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The EOS Group is a holding company that operates financial services companies with locations in Europe,{{cite web |url=https://www.pwc.at/de/publikationen/financial-services/pwc-europe-distressed-debt-markets-overview.pdf |title=Redefiningthe non-core. PwC Europe's distressed debt market overview |author=PricewaterhouseCoopers |date=2017-10-15 |website=www.pwc.at |access-date=2019-01-17 }} the United States{{cite news |last=Ryan |first=Greg |date=2015-12-07 |title=Mass. firm fined for collecting on allegedly bogus AT&T debt |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2015/12/07/mass-firm-fined-for-collecting-on-allegedly-bogus.html |work=Boston Business Journal |access-date=2019-01-17}} and Canada.{{cite web |url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.eos_canada_inc.8678671eec58027989e6334445e2a2be.html |title=EOS Canada Inc |author= |website=Dun & Bradstreet |access-date=2020-07-28 }} Its core activity is receivables management including receivables purchasing and debt collection. The group, which has its headquarters in Hamburg, is part of the Otto Group.
Company history
= The first three decades =
Deutscher Inkasso-Dienst (DID), the nucleus of the group, was established in 1974 as a spin-off of the legal department of Otto-Versand (now: OTTO).{{cite news |last=Kunze |first=Anne |date=2015-10-08 |title=Das Geschäft mit der Angst |url=http://www.zeit.de/2015/39/inkassounternehmen-glaubiger-gebuehren-tricks/komplettansicht |language=de |work=Die Zeit (online) |access-date=2018-02-26}} The company dealt with collecting outstanding receivables for Otto-Versand and also for non-group companies. Early on, the service provider focused on correspondence and dialogue with defaulting payers and on the acquisition of external clients.Jan de Leur: Eintreiber. In: BAG-Handelsmagazin, 3/1993, p. 36 f. In the 1980s and 1990s, the company grew through acquisitions in Germany, through expansion in Europe, and through expansion of its range of services.Inkasso-Holding EOS weiter auf Wachstumskurs. In: Die Welt, 2001-03-24.Hans-Jörg Werth: Auf Wachstum abonniert. Ein Teamchef mit Visionen: Hans-Werner Scherer, Chef des Hamburger Finanzdienstleisters EOS, will den Umsatz bis 2010 verfünffachen. In: Welt am Sonntag, 2002-01-13.
In 2000 the EOS Holding was established,Otto Group: Geschäftsbericht 2003, p. 37. introducing the umbrella brand EOS. The company entered the US when it took over Collecto in 2001, a company founded in 1992.Volker Mester: Der Inkasso-Riese. Hamburger EOS jetzt auch in den USA tätig. In: Hamburger Abendblatt, 2001-03-23. In 2004 the group established a special company for medical debt recovery, EOS Health Honorarmanagement AG, which established itself over the following years particularly as a service provider for dental practices.Grit Beecken: Tauschgeschäfte. In: Financial Times Deutschland, 2007-05-03.{{cite news |date=2009-08-04 |title=Deutsche sparen an Zuzahlungen für ihre Zähne |url=https://www.welt.de/welt_print/article3523191/Deutsche-sparen-an-Zuzahlungen-fuer-ihre-Zaehne.htm |language=de |work=Die Welt |access-date=2018-02-23}}
= Since 2005 =
In July 2005 the group acquired a majority stake in Europe Matrix Financial Services S.A. with operations in Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia.{{cite news |date=2005-07-20 |title=Finanzdienstleister EOS engagiert sich auf dem griechischen Markt |url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article683597/Finanzdienstleister-EOS-engagiert-sich-auf-dem-griechischen-Markt.html |language=de |work=Die Welt |access-date=2018-02-23}} In fiscal 2007/08 it entered Russia, China and the Benelux countries. At the same time the group acquired a stake in direct marketing specialist CoXulto (Stuttgart). By the end of this period the group had almost 3,500 employees.PPE Group kooperiert mit EOS. In: Der Versandhausberater, 2007-07-13.EOS kooperiert mit Fortis in Benelux. In: Der Versandhausberater, 2007-12-14.EOS übernimmt Mehrheit bei CoXulto. In: Der Versandhausberater, 2008-01-18.COXULTO. EOS übernimmt Mehrheit des Adressdienstleisters. In: ONEtoONE, 2008-01-28. In 2009 the group purchased the Spanish debt collection service provider Acción de Cobro from Banco Pastor.{{cite news |date=2009-09-08 |title=El Banco Pastor vende la compañía Acción de Cobro y logra 21 millones en plusvalías |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/economia/2009-09-08/el-banco-pastor-vende-la-compania-accion-de-cobro-y-logra-21-millones-en-plusvalias_345877/ |language=es |work=El Confidencial |access-date=2018-02-23}}EOS acquires Spanish agency. In: Credit Today GBR, 2009-10-01. It entered the Croatian market by establishing EOS Matrix d.o.o.EOS gründet für Inkasso in Kroatien. In: Versandhausberater.de, 2009-05-08. Thanks to a majority shareholding in WCF Finetrading AG, the group expanded its activities in commodity pre-financing,{{cite news |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=2009-10-24 |title=Otto-Tochter EOS erwirbt Mehrheit an Finanzierer WCF |url=https://www.welt.de/welt_print/wirtschaft/article4958141/Otto-Tochter-EOS-erwirbt-Mehrheit-an-Finanzierer-WCF.html |language=de |work=Die Welt |access-date=2018-02-23}} a business segment that the company then relinquished in 2017.Philipp Habdank: Knackpunkt Bonität. In: Markt und Mittelstand, 2017-09-01.
A location in Ukraine was established in 2010.{{cite news |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=2010-11-30 |title=Inkassofirma EOS. Otto-Tochter treibt nun auch in der Ukraine Schulden ein |url=https://www.welt.de/print/die_welt/wirtschaft/article11299228/Kompakt.html |language=de |work=Die Welt |access-date=2018-02-23}}EOS gründet Unternehmen in der Ukraine. In: versandhausberater.de, 2010-12-03. In the same year, the company strengthened its presence in the USA through the acquisition of True North AR.Otto-Tochter EOS wächst weiter im Ausland. In: Die Welt, 2011-09-20. This was followed in 2011 by the purchase of a majority stake in Hoepers Recuperadora de Crédito S.A, a debt collection service provider in Brazil.{{cite news |last=Merker |first=Júlia |date=2014-11-03 |title=EOS Hoepers: novo diretor de operações |trans-title=EOS Hoepers: new director of operations |url=https://www.baguete.com.br/noticias/03/11/2014/eos-hoepers-novo-diretor-de-operacoes |language=PT |work=www.baguete.com |access-date=2019-01-17}} Since April 2011 the company has also been offering its services in France following its takeover of debt collection company Credirec.{{cite news |date=2011-04-29 |title=Inkasso. EOS-Gruppe kauft sich in Frankreich ein |url=https://www.welt.de/print/die_welt/wirtschaft/article13296426/Kompakt.html |language=de |work=Die Welt |access-date=2018-02-23}} The group acquired the Canadian debt collection company Nor-Don Collection Network (NCN) in 2011.Otto-Tochter Eos expandiert nach Kanada. In: Hamburger Abendblatt, 2011-11-09. In 2013 the group took over the debt collection unit of Spanish bank Banco Popular,Marktnotizen. In: Immobilien & Finanzierung – Der Langfristige Kredit, 2013-02-01, p. 104. and purchased the company SAF Forderungsmanagement from Deutsche Telekom.{{cite news |title=Eos übernimmt Inkassounternehmen von der Deutschen Telekom |url=http://npl-bibliothek.de/deals/948/ |language=de |work=NPL-Bibliothek (Website of Bundesvereinigung Kreditankauf und Servicing e.V.) |access-date=2018-02-23 |archive-date=2018-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428012122/http://npl-bibliothek.de/deals/948/ |url-status=dead }} In 2015 it acquired the Swisscom debt collection subsidiary Alphapay. Swisscom. Vente d'Alphapay. In: 24 heures, 2018-05-05.M&A Review, Vol. 26, 6/2015, p. 265. At the end of 2015 EOS and Euler Hermes sold Bürgel to CRIF.Italiener kaufen Hamburger Bürgel-Gruppe. In: Hamburger Abendblatt, 2012-12-22.Inkassodienst Bürgel wird nach Italien verkauft. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2016-01-05. The group strengthened its market position in France and Belgium in 2016 through the purchase of Contentia.{{cite news |title=Contentia France SASU |url=https://mergr.com/contentia-france-sasu-acquired-by-eos-holding |work=mergr.com |access-date=2018-02-24}}
In 2016 the group took on an administrative role (Verwaltungshelfer) for the recovery of outstanding debts for the administrative district of Wittenberg,{{cite news |last=Duclaud |first=Marcel |date=2016-03-21 |title=Finanzen Landkreis Wittenberg: Profis helfen Schulden eintreiben |url=https://www.mz-web.de/wittenberg/finanzen-landkreis-wittenberg-profis-helfen-schulden-eintreiben-23764326 |language=de |work=Mitteldeutsche Zeitung |access-date=2018-02-24}} and acted in a similar way in the same year for the Bundesagentur für Arbeit.Inkasso-Firmen für BA unterwegs. In: Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, 2016-10-20.Bundesagentur setzt Inkassounternehmen ein. In: Winsener Anzeiger, 2016-10-21.{{cite news |last=Höhne |first=Valerie |date=2016-10-31 |title=Arbeitsagentur beauftragt Inkassofirmen. Geld eintreiben für die Jobcenter |url=http://www.taz.de/!5349823/ |language=de |work=Die Tageszeitung |access-date=2018-02-24}} The city of Essen engaged three debt collection service providers in 2016 including EOS.Beate Behnke-Hahne: Erprobung der Zusammenarbeit. Pilotprojekt der Stadt Essen mit externen Dienstleistern. In: Behörden Spiegel, 2017-11-08.
On 1 March 2017 Klaus Engberding became Chairman of the Board of Directors of EOS Holding GmbH.Personalien. In: Lebensmittel Zeitung, 2016-07-08. He succeeded Hans-Werner Scherer, who had led the group for many years.See Hans-Jörg Werth: Auf Wachstum abonniert. Ein Teamchef mit Visionen: Hans-Werner Scherer, Chef des Hamburger Finanzdienstleisters EOS, will den Umsatz bis 2010 verfünffachen. In: Welt am Sonntag, 2002-01-13. Besides {{cite news |date=2016-08-28 |title=Hans-Werner Scherer wurde am 24. Mai 1954 in Neukirchen geboren … |url=https://www.welt.de/print/wams/hamburg/article157880663/Hans-Werner-Scherer-Inkassounternehmer.html |language=de |work=Welt am Sonntag |access-date=2018-02-24}}{{cite news |last=Hielscher |first=Henryk |date=2013-05-21 |title=Inkasso... find' ich gut |url=https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/handel/otto-group-inkasso-find-ich-gut/8213944-all.html |language=de |work=Wirtschaftswoche (online) |access-date=2018-02-23}}
At the end of 2018, the Group sold Health AG and the Swiss Zahnärztekasse AG to BAWAG P.S.K.Bawag steigt ins Zahn-Factoring ein [Bawag enters into tooth factoring]. Börsen-Zeitung, 2018-12-22.
On February 1, 2022, Marwin Ramcke took over as CEO.
Present day
= Range of services and customers =
The group provides international financial services mainly in receivables management. Its three main areas of activity are fiduciary collection, receivables purchasing and business process outsourcing.{{cite news |last=Klostermeier |first=Johannes |date=2017-12-21 |title=Weickert leitet IT der Otto-Tochter EOS |trans-title=Weickert is head of IT at the Otto subsidiary EOS |url=https://www.cio.de/a/weickert-leitet-it-der-otto-tochter-eos,3573048 |language=DE |work=www.cio.de |access-date=2019-01-17}} The company says it serves around 20,000 customers,Schuldeneintreiber mit Imageproblem. Eines der größten Inkasso-Unternehmen in Deutschland versucht, den Ruf seiner Zunft zu verbessern. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2017-05-17.{{cite web |url=https://www.eos-solutions.com/dam/jcr:79dfba6d-7b71-41a2-b66d-6491f67cfe25/EOS_Annual_Report_2018_19.pdf?nameFrom=4f96503c-d505-4e9c-9400-8cb621b0ea52 |title=EOS annual report 2018/19 |last=EOS Group |date=2019-07-16 |website=EOS Solutions}} including primarily mail order companies and online retailers, banks, telecoms companies, utilities, the real estate business and the public sector.Volker Mester: Otto-Tochter will Inkasso-Image verbessern. Hamburger Unternehmen Eos kämpft gegen das Bild gewalttätiger Geldeintreiber und schafft mehr als neue 100 Arbeitsplätze. In: Hamburger Abendblatt, 2017-05-22.
= Organisation and locations =
EOS is a member of the Otto Group. It dominates the financial services segment within the groupThe Handelsblatt said mockingly 2012, OTTO is "a financial services provider with affiliated retail". See {{cite news |last1=Kontio |first1=Carina |last2=Ludowig |first2=Kirsten |last3=Schlautmann |first3=Christoph |date=2012-07-20 |title=Für Tradition kann man sich nichts kaufen |url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/was-ist-los-im-handel-fuer-tradition-kann-man-sich-nichts-kaufen/6895884-all.html |language=DE |work=Handelsblatt |access-date=2018-07-20 |quote=Deutschlands größter Katalogversender ist damit ein Finanzdienstleister mit angeschlossenem Einzelhandel.}}{{cite news |last=Hielscher |first=Henryk |date=2013-05-21 |title=Inkasso... find' ich gut |url=https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/handel/otto-group-inkasso-find-ich-gut/8213944-all.html |language=DE |work=Wirtschaftswoche (online) |access-date=2018-07-20 |quote='Im Grunde ist Otto ein Finanz- und Inkassodienstleister mit angeschlossenem Handelsgeschäft', sagt Jörg Funder, geschäftsführender Direktor des Instituts für Internationales Handels- und Distributionsmanagement an der Hochschule Worms.}}Otto Group: [https://www.ottogroup.com/media/docs/de/geschaeftsbericht/Otto_Group_Geschaeftsbericht_16_17_DE.pdf Geschäftsbericht 2016/17] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920113356/https://www.ottogroup.com/media/docs/de/geschaeftsbericht/Otto_Group_Geschaeftsbericht_16_17_DE.pdf |date=2021-09-20 }}, p. 79. Retrieved 2018-02-24. and is regarded within the group as having very high margins.{{cite news |last1=Doll |first1=Frank |last2=Riedl |first2=Anton |last3=Schwerdtfeger |first3=Heike |last4=Hoyer |first4=Niklas |date=2016-06-25 |title=Die Anlagetipps der Woche. Wachstumswert Actelion, Otto verdient mit Inkasso und Geheimtipp Burford glänzt. Aktien, Anleihen und Fonds für die private Geldanlage |url=https://www.wiwo.de/finanzen/boerse/aktien-anleihen-fonds-die-anlagetipps-der-woche/13778040-all.html |language=de |work=Wirtschaftswoche |access-date=2018-02-25}} At the beginning of the year 2020, the group included more than 60 operating companies.{{cite news |date=2017-01-19 |title=Wechsel in der Geschäftsführung der EOS Gruppe |trans-title=Change in the management of the EOS Group |url=http://www.business-on.de/hamburg/inkassodienstleistungen-wechsel-in-der-geschaeftsfuehrung-der-eos-gruppe-_id37227.html |language=DE |work=www.business-on.de |access-date=2019-01-16 |archive-date=2018-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825155017/http://www.business-on.de/hamburg/inkassodienstleistungen-wechsel-in-der-geschaeftsfuehrung-der-eos-gruppe-_id37227.html |url-status=dead }} It has established locations in 26 countries{{cite magazine |date=2017-12-27 |title=Sensible Schuldnerdaten eines Inkassounternehmens öffentlich gemacht |url=https://www.wired.de/collection/business/datenleck-sensible-daten-von-inkassounternehmen-geleaked |language=DE |magazine=Wired (German edition) |access-date=2019-01-16}} in Europe and North America. The company's US subsidiary is EOS CCA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidearm.com/news/00039151-eos-group-acquires-canadian-debt-collecti/|title=EOS Group Acquires Canadian Debt Collection Agency NCN|date=Nov 8, 2011|website=insideARM|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}
= Financial information =
The group's fiscal year begins – like that of the Otto Group – on 1 March and ends on 28 February of the following year, or 29 February in leap years. In 2019/20 the company achieved a revenue of 853,1 million euros. Since 2005, credit rating agency Euler Hermes Rating has consistently awarded EOS Holding the rating A.EOS-Konzern veröffentlicht Geschäftszahlen und erhält Ratingnote A. In: versandhausberater.de, 2010-09-03.{{cite news |author= |title=Finanzinvestor EOS erhält A-Rating |trans-title=Financial investor EOS receives A rating |url=https://www.goingpublic.de/going-public-und-being-public/finanzinvestor-eos-erhaelt-a-rating |work=goingpublic.de |language=DE |date=2020-07-02 |access-date=2020-07-28}}{{cite news |author=Euler Hermes Rating Deutschland GmbH |date=2013-07-17 |title=Veröffentlichung des Ratingergebnisses der EOS Holding GmbH |url=https://ehrg.de/ver/ratings/EOS_2013.pdf |language=de |work=ehrg.de |access-date=2018-02-25 |archive-date=2018-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428095018/https://ehrg.de/ver/ratings/EOS_2013.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |date=2018-07-12 |title=EOS отново получи престижния рейтинг "А" за финансова стабилност. |trans-title=EOS again received the prestigious A rating for financial stability. |url=https://novini247.com/novini/vodeshtata-evropeyska-reytingova-agentsiya-euler-hermes-rating-prisadi-za-chetirinadeseti_1076484.html |language=BG |work=novini247.com |access-date=2019-01-16}}
Miscellaneous
= Surveys on payment practices and financing methods =
For many years the group has been conducting surveys on payment practices in various European countries. In addition, it investigates payment practices by systematically comparing specific countries or defined groups, e.g. of companies in Germany.Immer mehr Verbraucher überschuldet. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung, 2003-09-18.{{cite news |date=2010-09-13 |title=Osteuropäer sind "brave Schuldner" |url=https://derstandard.at/1282979610135/Studie-Osteuropaeer-sind-brave-Schuldner |work=Der Standard |access-date=2018-02-24}}Weniger arme Schuldner. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2008-01-31.Weniger sozial Schwache unter den Schuldnern. In: Der Tagesspiegel, 2008-01-31.Inkasso: Frauen zahlen früher. In: Impulse, 2009-01-01.Braver Süden. Zahlungsmoral: Viele Firmen fürchten eine steigende Zahl unbezahlter Forderungen. In: Wirtschaftswoche, 2009-07-27.{{cite news |last=Dierig |first=Carsten |date=2014-08-04 |title=Jede vierte Rechnung zu spät beglichen |url=https://www.welt.de/print/die_welt/wirtschaft/article130847171/Jede-vierte-Rechnung-zu-spaet-beglichen.html |language=de |work=Die Welt |access-date=2018-02-24}}Marc Beise: Säumig selig. Jeder sechste Deutsche zahlt Rechnungen zu spät – oder gar nicht. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2014-08-08.{{cite news |last=Dierig |first=Carsten |date=2016-06-22 |title=Säumige Kunden sind ein Warnsignal für Konjunkturprobleme |url=https://www.welt.de/print/die_welt/wirtschaft/article156438246/Saeumige-Kunden-sind-ein-Warnsignal-fuer-Konjunkturprobleme.html |language=de |work=Die Welt |access-date=2018-02-24}}
In 2003 the group funded a study at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf on new financing methods for small and medium-sized enterprises.Gerhard und Lore Kienbaum-Stiftung. Jochen Kienbaum, Christoph J. Börner (Eds.): Neue Finanzierungswege für den Mittelstand. Von der Notwendigkeit zu den Gestaltungsformen. Gabler, Wiesbaden 2003, {{ISBN|3-409-12477-2}} ([https://books.google.com/books?id=crDyBQAAQBAJ&q=eos Mentioning of EOS as a partner]). In addition, an "EOS Financial Panel" developed and operated over several years to investigate and inform on the use of various financing instruments.Hans-Werner Scherer: EOS Finanzpanel: Mittelstandsfinanzierung unter der Lupe. In: Controlling & management review. Zeitschrift für Controlling & Management, Vol. 49 (2005), issue 6, p. 388–393.EOS-Finanzpanel: Der deutsche Mittelstand setzt zunehmend auf langfristige Kredite. In: VerkehrsRundschau, 10/2007, p. 41.
= Criticisms =
The press occasionally criticises the debt collecting practices of group companies. This criticism is related to demands for payment of sums that are decades old,Oliver Meyer: Oma Biggi und der Otto-Irrsinn. In: Express, 2013-06-09.Oliver Meyer: Inkasso-Betrug: Noch ein Opfer. In: Express, 2013-06-17.Inkasso-Irrsinn. In: Computer Magazin für die Praxis, 2016-11-03, p. 34 f. or demands made despite incorrect invoicesGeorg Schnurer: In der Falle. Gerichtlicher Mahnbescheid trotz zweifelhafter Forderung. In. c't, 2017-05-27, p. 68. or charges that are excessively high and/or are questionable.Thomas Öchsner: Seelenmassage für arme Schlucker. In: Donaukurier, 1993-01-18. However, among debt counsellors the company is regarded as "a provider about which there are only a few complaints".
= Data theft 2017 =
In April 2017 around 33,000 files from EOS Schweiz AG got into the hands of the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. They were said to include sensitive personal data like medical files, correspondence and credit card bills showing the names of creditors and debtors, their registered addresses and information on the amount of outstanding debt. The newspaper said that it had obtained the data from an informer, but the informer stated that they were acquired from hackers who had found a vulnerability in the server software. The company closed the security gap and announced an overhaul of processes.{{cite news |last1=Hurtz |first1=Simon |last2=Ludwig |first2=Kristiana |last3=Tanriverdi |first3=Hakan |date=2017-12-27 |title=Schwerwiegendes Datenleck legt Zehntausende Schuldnerdaten offen |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/it-sicherheit-schwerwiegendes-datenleck-legt-zehntausende-schuldnerdaten-offen-1.3805589 |language=de |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |access-date=2018-02-23}}{{cite news |date=2017-12-27 |title=Hacker erbeuten Zehntausende Daten von Inkassofirma |url=http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2017-12/datenleck-inkassounternehmen-eos-schuldner |language=de |work=Die Zeit (online) |access-date=2017-12-27}}{{cite news |last=Gyr |first=Marcel |date=2017-12-28 |title=Ärzte geben heikle Daten weiter |url=https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/ein-datenleck-legt-den-unsorgfaeltigen-umgang-der-aerzteschaft-mit-sensiblen-patientendaten-offen-ld.1343081 |language=de |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |access-date=2018-06-28}}Kristina Ludwig, Hakan Tanriverdi, Simon Hutz: Inkassobüro speichert ganze Krankengeschichten. In: Tages-Anzeiger, 2018-12-28.
= Buildings =
The head office is located on the Steindamm, a street in Hamburg's St. Georg district. This property of the Karl and Rudolf Förster heirs was designed by Adolf Böhringer, built from 1966 to 1967, extended laterally in 2003 and energetically renovated in 2011.[http://foerster-hamburg.de/ Website] of Bürohaus am Steindamm, Retrieved 2018-05-30.Paolo Bertoldi, Barbara Cunibert: [https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/fcf64dee-0a1c-477a-bc73-042dd85ef2eb/language-en The European GreenBuilding Projects Catalogue July 2011 – August 2012], p. 47.
The building that accommodates the company's Czech subsidiary EOS KSI Česká republika, s.r.o. was built in Prague between 1955 and 1958 according to plans produced by architect Karel Prager. It initially housed a research centre for communication named after Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov.{{cite web |url=http://www.stavebnictvi3000.cz/clanky/architekt-karel-prager-1923-2001 |title=Architekt Karel Prager (1923–2001) |last1=Kašpar |first1=Milan |last2=Michálková |first2=Alena |date=2016-06-18 |website=stavebnictvi3000.cz |language=cs |access-date=2018-04-25}}
Appendix
= Further reading =
- EOS Holding GmbH & Co. KG: EOS 10 years. EOS – eine Erfolgsgeschichte. [Hamburg 2010].
- Deutscher Inkasso-Dienst: 25 Jahre erfolgreich und innovativ. 1974–1999. Die Chronik. [Hamburg 1999].
= External links =
- [https://www.eos-solutions.com/?ls=1 EOS Group]