Proximedia Group

Proximedia Groep SA
Founded 1998 as Proximedia Belgium, 1999 as Proximedia SA
Headquarters Humaniteitslaan 116, B-1070 Brussels
Area served
 Belgium, France, The Netherlands, USA
Key people
 Fabrice Wuyts (CEO and owner)
Products Web creation, SEA, corporate videos, Internet Service Provider, Digital Marketing
Number of employees
 +-360
Website www.proximedia.be

History

In 1998, Proximedia Belgium was founded by Fabrice Wuyts and Eric Glachant).[1] The company specialized in providing websites for SMEs. The Proximedia group SA was founded in 1999 and became the coordinating organisation of Proximedia Belgium and the following branches (Online Internet, Bezoom n.v., Globule Bleu bvba, Proximedia France and Proximedia Nederland b.v)

The Proximedia Group became listed with the Free Market of Euronext Brussels in 2005.

In 2007 Bezoom was founded. This branch is specialised in creating corporate videos.

Proximedia SA took over Globule Blue, a web agency from Luik, in 2008.

In 2009, the brand BeUp was launched and Proximedia was elected ‘Enterprise of The Year 2009’ by Ernst & Young.[2]

The Proximedia Group launched two new services in 2011: Videobiz, a video guide for professionals, and Promobook, an E-couponing website for retailers.

In 2012, a new product was launched: Bizbook. This is an online and interactive guestbook.

Branches

Proximedia Belgium

Proximedia is the oldest branch of the Proximedia Group. They make websites and provide support for their customers. Similar branches are Proximedia France and Proximedia Nederland.

Bezoom

Bezoom is specialised in creating corporate videos for SMEs. There is also a department in the USA.

BeUp

BeUp offers the management of Google Adwords campaigns. This contains advertising in Google’s search results. Moreover, BeUp is also active in the sector of online couponing.

Globule Bleu

Globule Bleu is specialised in digital campaigns for larger companies or organisations. They often work on temporary publicity projects.

Online Internet

This Internet Service Provider (ISP) provides internet access to its clients. They offer domain names, hosting of websites and datacenters, an e-mail service, etc.

Other activities

Bizbook

Bizbook is an online guestbook where users can post reviews on the products and services of a company.

Promobook

An online service which can be used to print promotions and coupons.

Key figures

Core Numbers (2011)[3]
Turnover +4.4% 39.1 million
Operating profit +8,8% € 6,4 million
Net profit (before goodwill depreciation) +10,3% € 3,6 million
Net profit (group share) +14,3% € 3,1 million

External links

  1. ↑ Press Package
  2. ↑ http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20091019_077 Proximedia Francophone Enterprise of the Year, De Standaard, 19/10/2009
  3. ↑ Annual Report 2011
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