Wendel, one of the top listed investment companies in Europe, has chosen the search engine Sinequa CS to establish a single and secure point of access to the information and archives of the group.

Wendel has a policy of keeping all documents in its archives. These documents are in different formats (Office, PDF, email, attachments, PST archives) and in several languages (French, English, German, Spanish...).

Sinequa CS allows Wendel’s employees to exploit the information and archives of the group as an aid in decision making for different business units, while respecting the existing security rules related to the user profile, source and document. The solution, easy to customize, corresponds to the needs of employees by providing a sheet of clear results through the document previews and navigation panels, which provide additional contextual elements, and facilitate advanced searches by keyword, date, author, location, etc.

The search for information with Sinequa CS is complete, and keywords are found quickly. Searches are performed both in the metadata and the content of files, including PDF, PST files and emails with attachments. Wendel employees save time finding and sharing information. Moreover, work is facilitated for new employees who may learn and react more quickly, for better integration within the group.

"The rapid deployment and flexibility of the Sinequa CS solution are assets that corresponded perfectly to the needs of Wendel. We had initially considered other solutions that proved to be too cumbersome and too costly to implement or were unable to meet our security needs. The proximity of the technical team, its dynamism and responsiveness completed our final choice of the Sinequa CS solution" said Aziz Sedrati, IT Manager, Wendel.

Jean Ferré, President of Sinequa commented "Wendel is a leader in its sector, a company that manipulates value and information. Each employee is critical and therefore needs powerful productivity tools to save time. Each head of investment must be able to access all the available knowledge in order to make the best decisions, by reducing the risk of a forgotten element of context. We are pleased that Wendel has chosen Sinequa CS. Sinequa's vision is to provide its customers the benefits of an Enterprise 2.0 (collaboration, responsiveness, etc.) ensuring strict compliance with existing security and confidentiality processes. I am convinced that Sinequa will help Wendel to improve its performance, which is the purpose we serve."

About Wendel – www.wendelgroup.com

Wendel is one of the top listed investment companies in Europe. It invests in France and abroad, in leading companies in their industry: Bureau Veritas, Legrand, Saint-Gobain, Materis, Deutsch, Stallergènes, Oranje-Nassau and Stahl, in which it plays an active role as industrial shareholder. It implements strategies for the long-term to ensure growth and profitability of companies of significant size in order to increase their leadership positions.

Consolidated revenues for Wendel amounted to € 5.5 billion in 2007. Wendel is listed on the Eurolist of Euronext Paris.

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