- CEO
- Martin Thiel
- Full Time Employees
- 903
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Electronic components
- Address
- Industriestrasse 52-54 Stuttgart BW Germany 70565
- IPO Date
- May 5, 1998
- Business
- CENIT AG is a Germany-based IT company specializing in information technology software and consultancy services for business processes in the manufacturing industry and financial service providers. Its core products and services are structured into two main segments: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Information Management (EIM). The PLM segment delivers software and consulting solutions focused on industries including automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, and shipbuilding, featuring products such as CATIA by Dassault Systèmes, SAP, and proprietary software like cenitCONNECT and FASTsuite. The EIM segment targets trade, banking, insurance, and service providers with solutions for document management, business intelligence, customer communication, and data and document analysis, often leveraging strategic partnerships with technology firms like IBM.
Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, CENIT operates internationally with around 900 employees across 29 locations in nine countries, serving over 6,000 customers globally. Recently, in 2022, CENIT acquired a majority stake in ISR Information Products AG, expanding its capabilities and market reach in information management, particularly in the German-speaking regions. In 2025, CENIT further strengthened its offering through a strategic partnership with msg to deliver comprehensive SAP S/4HANA solutions tailored for the discrete manufacturing sector, enhancing process management, variant configuration, and end-to-end applications across development, materials management, production, sales, service, finance, and controlling.
CENIT maintains a focus on advancing sustainable digitalization within the manufacturing industry, supporting digital transformation via strategic consulting, digital process implementation, and management of advanced technologies. The company foresees achieving operational improvements and targets an EBIT margin between 8% and 10% by 2025, emphasizing organic growth alongside selective acquisitions. The acquisition of the US-based Analysis Prime in 2024 and ongoing transformations within the PLM segment reflect its strategic endeavors to expand geographically and enhance software sales, despite short-term margin pressures. CENIT’s approach integrates comprehensive IT solutions throughout the entire value chain to drive measurable operational optimization for its industrial and financial clients.