Econocom
Econocom Group SE is a European provider of business-to-business digital services. It was founded in 1974 by Jean-Louis Bouchard as Europe Computer Systèmes (ECS). History of the group Inception and early years 1974: Jean-Louis Bouchard founds the group under the name Europe Computer Systèmes (ECS) in France. 1986: Jean-Louis Bouchard sells his stake in ECS France to Société Générale but buys back all the foreign subsidiaries and merges them with Econocom, an American SMB he had recently taken over. The subsidiaries and group are renamed "Econocom". 1986: Econocom Belgium is listed on the secondary market of the Brussels stock exchange. 1993: Acquires Asystel Belgium, making Econocom Distribution the leading IT distributor in the Benelux. International expansion 1996: Econocom is listed on the primary market of the Brussels stock exchange. 2000: Econocom is listed on the secondary market of the Paris stock exchange. The group diversifies by setting up Econocom Telecom. 2000: Exchange offer for Infopoint. 2001: The group employs 2000 people. 2002: Acquires Comdisco-Promodata in France (administrative and financial IT asset management). 2004: Acquires Signal Service France. 2005: The group concentrates its business in 5 European countries: Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy. Econocom sells off its Swiss subsidiary