Pressemelding

Capgemini og TXU Corporation danner selskapet Capgemini Energy

TXU og Gapgemini har inngått en avtale om å etablere selskapet Capgemini Energy Limited Partnership. Selskapet skal levere tjenester innen forretningsprosesser og informasjonsteknologi til TXU, og i fremtiden vil Capgemini Energy også tilby lignende tjenester til andre energiselskaper.

I løpet av den ti år lange avtalen, som har en anslått verdi på 3.5 milliarder dollar, vil cirka 2.700 ansatte i TXU overføres til Gapgemini Energy. Det nye selskapet skal fra 1. juli 2004 blant annet tilby informasjonsteknologi, call center, fakturering, human resources, finans- og regnskapstjenester til TXU og andre energiselskaper.

Målsetningen er at Capgemini skal skape bedre service, konkurransedyktighet og redusere operasjonelle kostnader for TXU og andre energiselskaper. TXU er et Dallas-basert energiselskap som tilbyr energitjenester i Nord-Amerika, hovedsakelig i Texas. Selskapet selger elektrisitet og andre relaterte energitjenester til over 2.6 millioner kunder i Texas.

Se nedenfor for fullstendig engelsk pressemelding:

TXU and Capgemini Form New Business Service Company for Utilities
New Venture Provides Flexibility for Evolving Electricity Markets

DALLAS and NEW YORK (May 28, 2004) - Capgemini and TXU Corp. (NYSE: TXU) will agree today to enter a limited partnership to form Capgemini Energy Limited Partnership, a new company that will initially provide business process services and information technology solutions to TXU, with a plan to offer similar services to other energy companies in the future.

Under the 10 year agreement, valued in excess of $3.5 billion, roughly 2,700 employees will move from TXU to Capgemini Energy, effective July 1. Employees in the new Capgemini Energy limited partnership will provide information technology, call center, billing, human resources, supply chain and accounts payable, and finance and accounting services to TXU and other energy companies. TXU will own less than 3 percent of Capgemini Energy and has the right to sell its interest in the joint venture to Capgemini upon termination of the contract.

"Capgemini Energy will contribute to TXU's commitment to better service, improved competitiveness and reduced operating costs," said TXU CEO John Wilder. "With the expertise and participation of our employees who join this partnership, Capgemini Energy can market these business services to energy companies throughout the U.S."

Over the coming months, Capgemini Energy will develop and implement new business processes and rationalize existing services in order to enhance operational efficiencies and leverage new technologies. Going...