Candidator and DGC IT Services announce merger, become Candidator DGC – a new managed IT services provider.

Candidator and DGC IT Services, both Swedish companies activating as IT services providers, announced their intention to form a new group, Candidator DGC, thus creating a substantially larger managed IT services provider.

Jörgen Qwist, CEO of DGC, will be appointed as Group CEO and Johan de Verdier, CEO of Candidator, continues as Head of Candidator with focus on Business Development and M&A for the newly combined group.

Both companies have strategic complementary characteristics with significant industrial logic for combination, and together, they will have total annual sales of around SEK 1 billion. Compared to operating as standalone entities, the significantly larger group is expected to provide improved service offerings to customers and an improved ability to serve larger clients.

Candidator, based in Alingsås, Sweden, and DGC IT Services, headquartered in Stockholm, are both managed IT services providers with capabilities for full IT outsourcing, providing their clients with contracted services, including hosting and cloud and application management.

DGC, launched in 1991, is a managed service provider that develops and delivers customized IT services to customers who demand high security, availability and innovation.

The EQT Mid Market fund and the EQT Mid Market Europe fund respectively acquired Candidator in February 2018 and DGC IT Services, a business segment within DGC One, in June 2017.