inPuncto offers its customers both defined individual solutions and lead contractor services at its locations in Stuttgart-Weilimdorf, Walldorf, and - since February 2001 - Hanover. This enables it to meet customer-specific requirements in a flexible manner.

With the acquisition of inPuncto GmbH through redtoo ag, has expanded its services portfolio to include PLM solutions in a SAP environment and engineering and facility information management solutions in a Bentley environment. As a result, the subsidiary redtoo ag, which focuses its activities on business integration, will be able to completely cover the facility engineering value chain with its solutions in the future and integrate them into its customers' SAP merchandise management systems. "The acquisition of inPuncto GmbH will greatly supplement redtoo ag's broad and complete range of products and services as a business integrator. The fact that redtoo ag is present on another growth market of over 40% per year as a result of this acquisition is also of strategic importance," said Philipp Oser, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of redtoo ag.

inPuncto's many PLM software products and services will enable the caatoosee Group to further optimize extensive data flows in companies with the help of solutions which have been tested in practice. "With its acquisition of inPuncto GmbH, caatoosee will considerably expand its core competency as a full-service provider of information logistics solutions," explained Guido Alt, Chairman of the Managing Board of . "It is of crucial importance to us being able to offer our customers seamless integration of their heterogenous data flows and processes to ensure successful operation of our network platforms." also expects the cooperation between inPuncto and TeraPort to generate significant cross-selling potential to its customers.

inPuncto GmbH was formed in 1997 and has extensive expertise in the development of engineering system solutions. It is very well positioned on the engineering market with partners such as Bentley Systems, a leading software provider of facility management solutions, and OCÉ, a professional services specialist in the printing industry. The areas of application of the system solutions developed range from CAD solutions for workstations, through extranet solutions for supporting communication and cooperation in engineering projects, up to solutions for product lifecycle management and Web-based portals.

Its customers mainly include companies from the plant and machine engineering industries as well as from the automotive and aviation sectors. The managing directors of inPuncto GmbH, Dr.-Ing. Frank Marcial and Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Matthes, will continue to manage, expand and integrate the company into the group of companies within the growing network of the caatoosee Group. "By integrating our core competencies into redtoo ag and into the powerful caatoosee Group, we will be able to further drive forward dynamically our rapid growth in the area of system solutions for engineering and facility management," said Dr. Frank Marcial of inPuncto.