Prague, January 19, 2009 - The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade, Canada, and His Excellency Michael Calcott, Ambassador of Canada in the Czech Republic, visited the Prague offices of Adastra Group, an international consulting and software company, on Friday, January 16, 2009. The visit was a part of a business mission by the Canadian Ministry of International Trade to European Union (EU), of which the Czech Republic is the current president. The visit reaffirms the stable business relations that persist between the Czech Republic, the EU, and Canada. In addition, the visit highlights the level of excellence Adastra has achieved in managing its international business through creative knowledge-sharing and the effective use of a highly skilled, business-savvy, and dynamic international workforce.
Adastra was selected by Minister Day as an example of successful Canadian-Czech cooperation. Established in 1995 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Adastra Group operates in North American, European, and Asian markets from offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, and Bulgaria. The company serves leading government, banking, insurance, telecommunications, retail, health care organizations. As a marker of success, Adastra revenues have increased ten-fold in the last decade, and the company now employs well over 600 business and IT consultants worldwide.
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In this picture (left to right): Petr Jech (COO, Adastra Group); Jan Cervinka (CEO, Adastra Group), The Hon. Stockwell Day, MP; Dr. Jan Mrazek (President, Adastra Group); His Excellency Michael Calcott, Ambassador of Canada in the Czech Republic.
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Adastra Group has received many prestigious awards, most notably continuous selection as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies since 2005. In recognition of the success they have generated for the company, Dr. Jan Mrazek, Adastra Group President, won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 Award (Technology, Ontario), and Jan Červinka, CEO of Adastra Group, won the 2006 Czech Republic Technology Entrepreneur of The Year title. In the Czech Republic, Adastra is ranked among TOP 10 ICT companies (information and telecommunications companies).
About Adastra
Adastra is an international consulting company specializing in Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Data Integration, and Master Data Management solutions. The company’s European activities are managed from its headquarters in Prague, and via branches in Bratislava, Ostrava, London, Frankfurt, and Sofia. Adastra’s North American headquarters are located in Toronto, Canada. The Company’s technologically independent solutions reflect its extensive expertise, drawn from the completion of hundreds of projects. Our clients include leading organizations such as Ahold, Bank of Montreal, Bell Canada, Cetelem, Ceska pojistovna, DHL, Dresdner Bank, Telefónica O2, GTS Novera, HVB Bank, ING Group, Roche Diagnostics, CSOB Pojistovna, RBC Royal Bank, and Komercni banka.
Further information
Kamila Rychtaříková, mob. (+420) 724 368 107, tel. (+420) 271 733 303, kamila.rychtarikova@adastragrp.com