Press release
Warsaw, 20 November 2008
Sygnity commences cooperation with Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy
Informarmation technology solutions in leasing
Sygnity Company, the leading provider of information technology solutions in Poland is
offering along with Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy a new way of selling information
technology applications, one that is of particular interest to local governments. It will be a
combination of software leasing and implementation financing.
In the framework of the cooperation, whose proposal has been put forward by EFL, the
company will be offering its Customers financing through leasing licenses and
implementations of systems of information technologies developed by Sygnity. That is a
response to the even growing local governments’ interest in leasing of information technology
solutions, which EFL has observed while cooperating with local government units. Moreover,
Sygnity’s experience in the public sector results in the need of offering new methods of
financing of the purchase and implementation of software in local government units,
particularly in reference to the projects which are being supported by the European Union.
“At present local governments are searching for immense funds for investments which are to
decrease the distance between them and west European local government units. Leasing can
be a supportive financial instrument which will significantly accelerate the pace of the
civilization leap which is happening thanks to the informationalization in the regions” – said
Andrzej Krzemiński, President of EFL.
“Leasing is for us an additional, convenient for our Customers, form of selling some of our
information technology solutions. Local governments are turning to this form of financing of
investment more and more often while buying real estate, equipment or cars. So why
shouldn’t they buy through leasing systems of information technology along with their
implementation?” – asked Jacek Kujawa, Vice Chairman of the Management Board of
Sygnity S.A.
Apart from the very offices in territorial government units, numerous companies created by
them or dependent public institutions, such as schools, healthcare facilities or institutions
handling public transport can turn to leasing. New equipment of value determined by the
customer’s preferences and the funds they own can be the subject of a leasing agreement. The
most frequently leased goods include: tractors, excavators/loaders, compacting vehicles,
multipurpose vehicles, public transport buses and computer equipment.
From Sygnity’s point of view, there has come the time to sell through leasing more
technologically advanced products, to which software belongs. ”Feniks”, Command Support
System – developed by Sygnity and meant for command units of emergency services – has
been chosen as the piloting project. This is one of the most comprehensive and innovative
solutions, supporting the work of emergency services through the integration of command
units with crisis management centres. The system collects information referring to incidents
which require intervention, showing it on a digital map; it stores current information referring
to available forces and resources, and facilitates making the process of making a decision
referring to sending a particular unit to the place of an incident.
As the interest of local governments in the new way of financing grows, EFL and Sygnity will
also include other information technology solutions in their leasing offer.
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EFL S.A. belongs to one of the largest financial institutions worldwide, namely Credit
Agricole Group. The company has been operating on the Polish leasing market for 17 years
and in the indisputable leader of the leasing sector in Poland. The company is also the leader
in the two leading sectors of the Polish leasing market, namely the means of road transport
and machinery and equipment.
EFL is a modern company which is prepared for professional service provided to customers in
virtually all segments of the market, including the means of road transport, machinery and
equipment, modern office technology and real estate.
The company has large experience in financing investments for territorial government units.
Due to the advantageous provisions in the manual “The national rules governing the eligibility
of expenditure in the framework of structural funds and Cohesion Fund for the 2007-2013
period” – which allow for the possibility of leasing eligibility – our offer is nowadays one of
the best tools enabling utilizing the funds by territorial government units.
EFL owes its marketing success to its over 170 thousand Customers. Thanks to their
recognition, the company receives numerous valuable awards and honours on a year- to year
basis. They include, among others: PROSPERITA, Best Business Partner Award, Forbes
Magazine Award – THE BEST LEASING COMPANY or BUILDER’S LAURELS (Builder
Magazine Award), PROSPERITA – GOLD AWARD, A FINALIST OF THE YEAR 2007.
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Sygnity was started through a merger of the competences of ComputerLand and Emax
companies. The company offers own solutions, supplemented with worldwide products and
technologies. It provides a whole range of services, from consulting – through execution – to
outsourcing information technology products for big and medium size companies in the major
sectors of economy, as well as for public administration institutions. At present the company
is comprised of a dozen of companies in Poland and abroad. The biggest of them include:
ARAM – which carries out information technology projects for public administration, Polsoft
Banking Projects – a producer of software for the banking – financial sector and a centre for
software testing – WINUEL – a producer of solutions for the energy sector, Max Elektronik
SA – a producer of software based on modern information technologies (including Java
Computing). More information is available at: www.sygnity.pl
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Additional information is provided by:
Michał Michalski
Spokesman of Sygnity SA
Al. Jerozolimskie 180
02-486 Warszawa
tel. (22) 571 11 25, kom: 504 142 034
fax (22) 571 11 01
e-mail: mmichalski@sygnity.pl
Maja Lidke
The Adviser of the Management Board on PR
Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy SA
tel. 603 630 166
e-mail: maja.lidke@efl.com.pl