ASM will be fully integrated into the existing service organisation of DICOM’s German subsidiary.

ASM, founded in 1997 and based near Bremen, North Germany, offers world-wide integration and maintenance service for EDC products with a specific focus on mass storage solutions. Customers include Alcatel SEL, Bayer AG, BMW AG, Daimler Chrysler, the German patent office, RWE Energie AG and other international customers from manufacturing, retail and the financial services industries; many of these have long term service agreements with ASM.

Otto Schmid, Chairman and CEO of DICOM said: The ASM acquisition is a key step for DICOM in the German market. The ASM service organisation is an excellent supplement to our existing service business. Now with 40 engineers for the whole of Germany, we are able to reduce our reaction times even further and enlarge our offering in this service.