CTOUCH
In the world where tablets and smartphones are commonplace, interactive technology enables effective collaboration between colleagues, teachers and students. Whether they are in the same room or hundreds, or even thousands, of kilometers apart. As classrooms, offices and public environments become increasingly digital, it is logical that communication and collaboration also benefit from digital, interactive technology. This interactive integration improves engagement and increases productivity.
CTOUCH HOLDING BV
CTOUCH is a dynamic and innovative business to business manufacturer of large format touch displays and related software and hardware products. It continuously invests in new technologies in order to continue to offer high-quality and future-oriented quality products. Highly qualified teams in Xiamen, China and Seoul, South Korea and within the head office in Eindhoven, continually push the boundaries of touch technology. This way, CTOUCH can offer the best solutions in every business and educational environment.
CTOUCH's advanced solutions transform any space into an interactive environment. The combination of design, technology and experience makes learning and meetings not only more interactive, but also more interesting and enjoyable. And something that is interesting and fun also sticks much better.
Fundamental growth figures
CTOUCH is profitable. Since the first production of the CTOUCH display in 2010, it has... strong growth realized from €8.400.000 in 2013 to €17.600.000 in 2015 (+ 212%). With this, CTOUCH has attracted the attention of the jury of the FD Gazellen Award. At the end of 2015, CTOUCH was rewarded with a bronze FD Gazellen Award for the fastest growing company in the South of the Netherlands. In addition, the company received the national gold FD Gazellen Award for a most successful internationalization strategy in 2015.
These leading institutions and companies already work with CTOUCH touch displays!
Market and industry
De EU market accounts for approximately 20% of the total global volume in large format touch displays.
(Source: FutureSource Consulting)
The market for these touch displays increased by 2015% in the first half of 20 within the education and business sectors. The touch displays were quickly adopted within the education market in more developed countries, mainly the Netherlands, Great Britain and United Arab Emirates.
The business market offers an alternative to educational sales. With more than 67 million meeting rooms in the world, the business segment of the market is already twice as large as that of classrooms. The result of this is that the business market will be considered the fastest growing sector in the future.
With an increase of 23% in 2017 and 30% in 2018, this growth comes from more developed markets such as the US, UK, Germany and Sweden, Quote: Colin Messenger, Senior Consultant FutureSource Consulting.
Partners
Special achievements
Competitive analysis
The market in which CTOUCH operates is growing explosively, worldwide. And with that, competition is also growing. We respond proactively to this by growing as an organization, team and brand. The market for large format touch displays is typically dominated by smaller-scale niche players on the one hand and large electronics manufacturers on the other.
Entrepreneurs
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Remmelt van der Woude has gained experience with product development, creating new applications and developing new sales channels at Philips Netherlands, New Business department. Within CTOUCH, Remmelt focuses mainly on organizational development, marketing and product management. He works best in a B-to-B audiovisual and IT environment with 20 years of work experience.
CCO (Chief Commercial Officer)
In his position as Chief Commercial Officer of CTOUCH Holding BV François Barlinckhoff responsible for achieving sales goals and rolling out CTOUCH's international sales plans. François has a background in sales, marketing and service at various companies, including Markant Nederland BV
CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
Bernard Gosselink started his career in sales at Philips Netherlands, New Business department. In 1998, together with his then colleague Remmelt, he started his own business in the distribution of innovative AV and IT products. Bernard is responsible for finance and IT within CTOUCH.
Structure
Loan purpose
CTOUCH has been working successfully for some time now and we would like to continue to expand on that success in the future. The financing is requested to strengthen the financial position and invest in product innovation, sales & marketing and thus realize our strategy until 2020. This includes the following key points:
• Dare to be, think and act differently. By setting up the CTOUCH innovation team, we continue to innovate in the touch experience.
• Her expand internationalization strategy and grow faster through the presence of CTOUCH people in key countries in Europe and the Middle East.
• Refine the partnerships with the best suppliers in the market such as VDL, Philips, HARMAN and TU Delft and TU Eindhoven. Use expertise and technical knowledge as a foundation. This offers the opportunity to build up your own patent portfolio.
With this strategy, CTOUCH will be a well-known and respected brand name in 2020 that guarantees technical 'must have' quality products for every professional target group. It is therefore our realistic objective to triple turnover within three years.
Risks and certainties
Investing always involves risks. The main risk you run is that CTOUCH Holding BV has no money to pay you or to pay the interest. This could be the case if the forecasts are not or insufficiently realized. Then you may not be repaid any of the loan and you will not receive any interest. No further guarantees are provided. For the complete risk analysis, we refer you to the prospectus.
