NURUN and Antartica Group Acquire MSM Interactive, First
Step in Latin American Development Strategy
MAY 19, 2000
SANTIAGO, CHILE--In the presence of the Prime Minister of Quebec.
Mr. Lucien Bouchard, in Santiago as part of Quebec Mission, NURUN
Inc., a subsidiary of the Quebecor Inc. group and formerly known
as Informission Group Inc., and the Antartica Group announced the
first acquisition resulting from their recent strategic
partnership. NURUN has entered into an agreement together with
Antartica Group to acquire a controlling interest in MSM
Interactive S.A., an e-commerce and Web integration company based
in Santiago, Chile.
MSM Interactive (www.msm.cl) comprises a team of 40 designers,
programmers and marketing experts specializing in Web-related
solutions. The company's services span Web site design and
development, e-commerce, including Market Place solutions,
Web-based training and wireless Internet. Current clients include
BellSouth Chile, Concha Y Toro, Ericsson, Sheraton San Cristobal,
Citibank and Banco Sud Americano. MSM Interactive is known as one
of the largest independent new media agencies in Chile.
"We are very excited about having a leader like MSM Interactive to
spearhead our Latin American expansion," said Jacques Malo,
President and CEO of NURUN Inc. "They are a dynamic organization
that is on top of the latest Web trends and solutions. They have
the elements of a winning Web integrator and are a perfect fit
with NURUN's focus on the seamless convergence of strategy,
marketing, design and technology."
"Having access to NURUN's expertise and international network as
well as Antartica's network of clients and management resources
will put some real air under our wings," said Gonzalo Alonso,
Co-founder and General Manager of MSM Interactive. "We'll now be
part of a team that stretches across the Americas and Europe."
"E-Commerce and multimedia products are growing at a dramatic
pace, offering to Quebec based companies business opportunities in
their home market as well as in the global market place," declared
the Prime Minister of Quebec.
The transaction is subject to completing legal purchase documents
including obtaining required approval from regulatory authorities.
NURUN Inc.
NURUN Inc. (Formerly Informission Group Inc.; TSE: IFN), a
subsidiary of the Quebecor Inc. group, is an information
technology company providing e-commerce, Web integration and
automated publishing solutions for corporate and public sector
clients in North America, Europe and select locations around the
world. NURUN employs more than 1000 professionals in its various
offices in Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Ottawa, Seattle, New York,
Boston, Chicago and Paris.
MSM Interactive S.A.
Founded in Santiago in 1998, MSM Interactive (www.msm.cl) is a 2nd
generation Web Integrator that services its clients with
horizontal and vertical solutions for those enterprises that are
participating in the new digital economy of e-business, field in
which has received national and foreign recognition, establishing
important joint ventures. |
