New abas ERP Customer: Elmo & Montegrappa / Italy

Bologna, Italy / Karlsruhe, Germany, September 9th, 2009 - Elmo & Montegrappa selects abas ERP as their business software. One of the world’s largest and oldest manufactures of writing instruments, has recently returned to Italy, after it had been bought by a prestigious luxury international group in 2000.

The historical company of Bassano del Grappa started a complete restructuring of their organization and IT department, that culminated in the choice of abas Business Software. abas ERP is an innovative solution with more than 2.200 customers worldwide, 80% of them on Linux platform, developed by ABAS Software AG from Karlsruhe, Germany.

The project is supervised by ABAS Business Solutions Italia of Calderara di Reno (Bologna), Italian abas ERP partner for over 3 years. Focusing on support, development, consulting with functional analysts and programmers. The project also includes Liberobit.net, partner of ABAS Italia, who provides consulting on networking & connectivity environment in GNU/Linux.

A high quality collaboration
Gianfranco Aquila, owner of Elmo & Montegrappa (www.montegrappa.com), outlines the reasons that have lead to select abas ERP, “After the acquisition of Montegrappa, there was certainly a strong emotional component, because the company was owned by my family for many years. The transaction was very quickly and from one day to another I needed to manage the company. In my opinion abas ERP is the most competent and efficient solution to respond to this need”.


The collaboration with ABAS Italy and Elmo & Montegrappa is more than just about ERP systems, it is extended to an interesting and fun co-marketing activity: every new abas customers in Italy will be presented a new Montegrappa pen as a gift to sign their contract. A prestigious present that has further value. Two high quality solutions join together to give a clear message: “Excellence is always an added value that the market appreciates and knows to recognize.”

About Elmo & Montegrappa
Elmo-Montegrappa was founded in 1912 at Bassano del Grappa, in Italy, by the union of the German engineer Heinrich Helm and the Veneto businessman Alessandro Marzotto. They dedicated themselves to the realization of pens that were valued for their unsurpassed quality. In 1978 a new era was decreed for Montegrappa. The Aquila family took over the company and initiated the production of writing instruments destined to be ever more exclusive. Today Montegrappa pens are valued globally for their excellent quality, exclusive design, functionality and the ancient tradition that has distinguished them since 1912.

For more information about ABAS Business Solutions Italia: www.abas-italia.it

Company profile
ABAS Software AG is a leading provider of cost-effective ERP solutions for midsize manufacturers and distributors. More than 2,200 customers have chosen ABAS as their IT specialist and work successfully with the internationally applicable abas Business Software. ABAS, established in 1980 and once characterized by students, has now become a global network of companies. ABAS Software AG in Karlsruhe employs more than 115 people, and together with over 50 abas partners ABAS employs approx. 600 employees worldwide. The abas software partners provide a wide range of services including implementation, customization, hardware and network support. ABAS also provides on-site support and ensures short reaction times and high service quality. International partners in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Iran, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Mexico, and the USA represent the ABAS Software AG throughout the world. The partner network is continuously being expanded.

Product profile - abas Business Software
The brand name abas Business Software includes the products abas ERP for production, abas Distribution for distribution, wholesale, and service companies, and the eBusiness solution abas eB. abas ERP is an ERP application designed specifically for manufacturers in the Assemble-to-Order, Make-to-Order and Engineer-to-Order environment. abas Business Software is priced to fit most budgets while delivering full ERP functionality. It is flexible, adaptable, internationally applicable and a save investment for the future. The clear structure and well thought-out implementation strategy of the system enable a short implementation period as well as trouble-free integration into the company structure. New functions and technologies are constantly added to the standard software with each new upgrade. As a result, abas users are always using the most up-to-date product. abas Business Software is currently offered in 28 languages and can be run using Linux, Unix and Windows. ABAS has been a supporter of the open source operating system Linux since 1995. Approximately 80% of over 2,200 abas installations are based in Linux.

abas Business Software - range of services: Sales/sales order processing/shipping, purchasing/purchase order processing, warehouse management, scheduling, logistics, materials management/MRP, production/PPC, financial accounting, fixed asset accounting, cost accounting, controlling, eBusiness, portal, etc.

ABAS Software AG
Suedendstr. 42
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Tel.: +49 721/9 67 23-0
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