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News Release from: Applied Language Solutions
Edited by the Marketingservicestalk Editorial
Team on 06 December 2007
Translation company opens office in
Chicago
As part of Applied Language Solutions' ongoing strategy to expand globally, this month it celebrates the opening of its second US office, in Chicago.
Applied Language Solutions, one of the leading providers of translation services, has announced the opening of a new office in Chicago, USA The increasing global demand for the company's translation and interpreting services along with the large volume of sales over the past 12 months has resulted in the company's further US expansion
This article was originally published on Marketingservicestalk on 14 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Chief Executive Gavin Wheeldon has high hopes for the new office.
He said: "In today's business world, more and more companies are realising that communicating in their customer's language is pivotal to their success in the global trading arena".
He continued: "The opening of the new Chicago office will provide crucial support to Applied Language's global sales and will greatly strengthen our position as an international language services provider".
Applied Language Solutions delivers a consistently high quality personal and corporate translation service into over 150 languages.
The Company was set up in October 2003 by entrepreneur Gavin Wheeldon.
Over the last four years it has grown from a one-man operation into a multimillion global company with a 90-strong team.
The office in Chicago is now the ninth Applied Language office opened since it was first set up.
With now nine offices worldwide, in Huddersfield, California, Paris, Barcelona, Sofia, Guatemala City, Hong Kong, Chicago and Chennai, the company has experienced great expansion at a phenomenal rate.
Wheeldon said: "We have a firm commitment this year to further develop Applied Language's presence in the US; our Head of Sales, Richard Stangroom, has played an instrumental role in that commitment, while spending October and November out working with the new and existing teams.
"Roy Tell, the US Sales Manager, has also been working with them in Chicago and we are all extremely happy with the progress that has been made".
Applied Language Solutions provides interpreting services as well as translating all kinds of documents from simple letters to large technical documents for specialist medical, legal, financial and marketing organisations, including whole websites and printed catalogues.
It has won major contracts for Yahoo, Google, Nike, United Nations and 60 NHS Bodies.
It has already achieved great success in the UK as proud winner of the prestigious 'AXA Small to Medium Business of the Year Award' and the HSBC Start Up Stars Award 2006.
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