Crown Records Management Acquires Athema Archiving In South Africa
South African Acquisition Positions Crown as the only Global Records Management Company in Africa
Tweet-- Crown Records Management, the world's number one private business information storage company, announced the acquisition of Athema Archiving, a South African records management business based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
With the acquisition of this company and highly-developed scanning operation in South Africa, Crown's clients will enjoy a full spectrum of services ranging from imaging, data extraction, electronic media storage, secure and confidential waste destruction and traditional document storage services.
Established in 1983, Crown Records Management currently serves clients in 52 countries and brings its vast global knowledge and high-technology solutions to the South African marketplace. Innovative technologies provide clients with Web-based systems to retrieve records in storage, generate customized reports, and access invoices and billing information. Off-site data storage and hosting services enable clients to access electronic files on a secure, Web-based browser.
Flamely Fourie, who was previously based in Dubai, UAE, in charge of Crown's records management division, will oversee Crown South Africa's records business. Fourie said, "I am excited about the growth potential. We will be focusing on additional scanning business, as well as more media storage and certified destruction services."
Crown's Record Management in South Africa, headquartered in Johannesburg, operates and serves 300 clients throughout Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.
Philip Briton, Crown's group vice president of Records Management added, "This acquisition strengthens our development program throughout the continent. South Africa is currently in the top five fastest growing economies and Crown looks forward to serving the needs of clients in the quickly growing industry."
To read more about Crown Records Management in South Africa, please visit our Web site at crownrms.com/southafrica.
Notes to Editor
Crown Records Management is a division of the Crown Worldwide Group which was established in 1965. In 1983, Crown realized there was a profound need for a company to help manage the explosion of physical and electronic business information. Using its experience in secure storage, on-time delivery and tracking technology, Crown began offering traditional records management services including storage, indexing and destruction of records.
As the company’s list of clients grew, the Crown Records Management team expanded its range of services and technologies to meet its clients’ evolving needs. Today, Crown serves large and small corporations around the world, providing services ranging from storage of hard copies and electronic business information to scanning, imaging, data conversion, data hosting, escrow and destruction services.
Crown Records Management manages more than 20,000,000 cubic feet of business records across 50 countries, operating from over 200 Management Centers. Crown has grown to become the number one private company in this field.