More streamlining for Celanese

Industry: Chemicals, Celanese AG in Kronberg, Germany

Less is more! That is why Celanese was looking for a reliable service provider who could streamline its pan-European voice and data network operations.

A special challenge: The Celanese Group had expanded significantly by acquiring several European chemical sites that used different IT standards, vendors and systems. This significantly increased the complexity and heterogeneity of the communications infrastructure.

The bottom line

Better communications, lower costs!

By outsourcing data-network management in and outside Europe to us, Celanese achieved double-digit cost savings while keeping its complex voice and data networks highly secure.

Infraserv Höchst's services

	• Support for about 270 switches in Germany and around 65 switches at the other European sites • Completing site surveys (IT infrastructure analyses) and planning voice- and data-network operations • Expanding, rebuilding and modernizing the IT networks (e.g., installing switches and routers) according to Celanese's IT standards • Running, managing and remotely operating the telephone and data network Timeframe Since January 01, 2005: multi-year operating agreement