October 18, 2005
MarketXS is one of Europe's 500 fastest growing companies Outstanding employment growth earns MarketXS 60th place on 2005 Europe's
500 Listing
Schiphol-Oost - Netherlands, October 18 2005
MarketXS, the leading provider of real-time market data technology and trading solutions, today announced that it has been listed No. 60 amongst the fastest growing
European companies included in the 2005 Europe's 500, the annual ranking
of high growth, job creating companies published by Europe's 500
Entrepreneurs for Growth and supported by Microsoft and KPMG.
This year's five hundred dynamic, entrepreneurial-driven companies who
qualified for Europe's 500 have managed to sustain growth since the year
2001, boosting employment and sales at an impressive average annual rate
of 14%. Despite the challenging business environment, these champions of
growth have created more than 130,000 jobs across Europe in three years.
On average each company has created 86 new jobs per year and increased
sales by 19.2 million euros per year.
MarketXS is one of 19 dutch companies who managed to qualify for Europe's
500, and one of 3 to make the top 100. ' We are delighted to have made
the Europe's 500 list,' said Floris Alkemade, MarketXS Founder and Chief
Executive Officer, crediting discipline, passion, and a company-wide
entrepreneurial spirit for the sustained revenue growth.
The Europe's 500 listing identifies rapidly growing European companies
for their employment creation and rapid growth. MarketXS will be
officially recognized and honoured for its business achievements and
growth in employment at the Europe's 500 Awards Dinner on 19 November in
Barcelona, Spain. MarketXS is also featured in this week's edition of
Business Week Europe (see issue October 14, 2005, with a special feature
on 'Europe's Hot Growth Companies'.
'The Europe's 500 ranking shows that growth is not industry or sector
specific. Companies that qualify for the Europe's 500 manifest
entrepreneurial leadership, innovation, job creation, vision and market
expertise. Essential qualities that support the European Council's
strategy for sustainable growth',comments Martin Schoeller, President of
the association Europe's 500 Entrepreneurs for Growth.
About MarketXS
MarketXS is a leading provider of real-time market data technology and
trading solutions. Over 350 customers use its high-availability market
data infrastructure, the Finance Engine(tm), to power terminals,
websites, transaction systems or any other real-time market data
application for front, middle or back-office with any source of data.
Rendering conventional market data systems obsolete, the Finance
Engine(tm) provides maximum flexibility, rapid deployment and low total
cost of ownership. MarketXS data sources include ComStock, Dow Jones
Newswires, Telerate, Standard & Poor's FT Interactive, etc. and direct
feeds from major exchanges and inter-dealer brokers. MarketXS has offices
in The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany and is the exclusive
distributor of Telerate products in the Benelux region. MarketXS is also
the exclusive distributor in Europe, Middle East & Africa for the HMDP
(based on TRS technology) and OCC (based on Active8 technology) products
from Hyperfeed. For additional information please visit www.marketxs.com
For further information please contact:
MarketXS . Mehrnoesh Forouzandeh . mehrnoesh.forouzandeh@marketxs.com .
+31 (0)20 50 25 829
About Europe's 500
Europe's 500 was first published in 1996 and has been published on an
annual basis ever since. During this time, more than 4.000 of Europe's
high growth companies have received the accolade of being one of Europe's
500 champions of growth. The listing is intended to focus attention on
entrepreneurial achievement and fast-growth European companies. Its
focus on job creation and growth in medium sized enterprises is unique
and distinguishes it from other business rankings. Full information and
the complete 2005 Europe's 500 Listing at: www.europes500.com
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