Procopé & Hornborg advised Etteplan in the outsourcing of part of Kalmar’s operations to Etteplan

We acted as the legal advisor to Etteplan in the outsourcing of part of Kalmar’s, which is part of Cargotec, crane engineering operations in China and the transfer of approximately 70 Kalmar’s engineering employees to Etteplan.

With the planned long-term agreement Kalmar aims to improve the efficiency of its crane engineering operations in China by ensuring scalability and cost competitiveness. The deal is among the largest outsourcing agreements in Etteplan’s history and also marks the opening of Etteplan’s ninth office in China.

Etteplan provides solutions for industrial equipment and plant engineering, software and embedded solutions, and technical documentation solutions to the world’s leading companies in the manufacturing industry. In 2019, Etteplan had a turnover of approximately EUR 263 million. Etteplan is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.