This article was translated by Archiv System and is based on the French article found in CCE International Oct/Nov 2013, N°570 ARCHIV SYSTEM: a French medium sized company specializing in physical and digital record management succeeds in international markets. ARCHIV SYSTEM, a 100% subsidiary of the international mobility company, MOBILITAS/AGS Mickael Henriet ARCHIV SYSTEM General Manager Records management: an important concern for companies, public organizations and their overseas subsidiaries. Private companies and institutions’ needs are booming. Records management and storage is a fully-fledged job, requiring not only facilities but also the skills. Both a legal necessity and a strategic issue, archiving impacts on a company’s optimal productivity and internal running needs. For more than 25 years, ARCHIV SYSTEM has offered its customers a global solution in document management, combining expertise in many fields: • Auditing, advising and training • Records and physical documents management • Documents digitalization and implementation of EDM • Dematerialization, documentary portals and electronic archiving. Meeting the French Economy’s Growing Needs. ARCHIV SYSTEM’s technical know-how is based in the professionalism of its teams, backed by cutting edge installations which have been positioned throughout the national territory, most recently at Luigny. ARCHIV SYSTEM has recently inaugurated this new state-of-the-art records management centre, which meets the most demanding standards of the industry. It provides storage, sorting, searching, distribution and remote data access retrieval capacities. A high security room for sensitive documents, a digitalization workshop and a training centre will be added to this structure. This is designed to boost ARCHIV SYSTEM in national and international territories. International Markets, ARCHIV SYSTEM’s core aim. A medium-sized company must always grow in each of its markets. Very strong in the FOT, the Mobilitas Group has strengthened its position by opening a new warehouse in French Guiana, able to house 40,000 archive storage containers, and by developing the digitalization systems in Tahiti. ARCHIV SYSTEM operates in Europe (Romania, Germany), Asia (Indonesia and the Philippines) and in Africa where it offers its services to customers of various industries (e.g. banks, insurance, audit and law firms, telecommunications and oil companies). From its initial successes in Central Africa, the Group started rapidly developing in Dakar with a cutting edge lab and in Douala where the 2,000 square meter warehouse houses more than 5,000 cubic meters of archives. Crews are currently extending the storage capacities in Ivory Coast and Gabon. “And let’s not forget Madagascar, Niger, Mali, Botswana and South Africa, where our customers have trusted us for many years already,” Mickael Henriet says. ARCHIV SYSTEM offers high quality services to its customers, enabling them to cut their archiving costs, to gain more space in their different premises and to access their externalized files quickly and easily. It also ensures the documents’ entire life cycle tracking, confidentiality and security. Our services are available not only in France, but especially in the overseas subsidiaries, which offer the same outstanding level of service as in France.