IHS: Information Handling Services

Parent Company Profile


Information Handling Services Group Inc. is a leading information provider with annual sales in excess of $400 million. Headquartered in Colorado with operations throughout the world, IHS Group companies serve the focused needs of a variety of technical, professional and business markets. Each company produces comprehensive collections of information needed by businesses to operate in particular industries, sectors or markets.

These authoritative, value-added, databases incorporate advanced electronic publishing technologies and represent time-saving tools to help overcome today’s information overload. Information is made available through the Internet, on CD-ROM, and in hardcopy.

IHS Engineering

IHS Engineering, based in Englewood, Colo., is the world’s largest publisher of engineering related technical information databases. IHS Engineering provides organized, fast retrieval of current, technical information for engineers, specifiers, procurement officers and managers. IHS Engineering serves customers in a broad range of industries including aerospace, automotive, computers and peripherals, design/construction, electrical/electronic, government agencies, manufacturing, military, petrochemical, telecommunications and utilities with products that provide access to over 13 million pages of current and historical information acquired from over 20,000 sources.

IHS Engineering’s technical information collections include international and national industry standards; corporate standards; military/federal specifications, standards and related databases; government parts and logistics data; federal procurement regulations; electronic component databases; and manufacturer and distributor catalogs. IHS Engineering is the primary source of technical information for the majority of Fortune 100 companies and over 95% of the top Department of Defense contractors. IHS Engineering is an ISO 9001-registered company.

Technical Indexes, based in Berkshire, England, is IHS Engineering’s counterpart in the United Kingdom, providing several million pages of comprehensive, reliable technical data and regulatory information to more than 6,000 UK-based companies. Ti UK is an ISO 9001-certified company.

NexData Solutions, a subsidiary of IHS Engineering, is a custom electronic publisher, designing cost-effective CD-ROM and Internet information solutions, including electronic data conversion, data management and distribution services. NexData has international operations in Canada (IHS Publishing Solutions), Germany, Australia and Italy.

ESDU International, a subsidiary of IHS Engineering, produces comprehensive design guides of validated engineering data and related engineering procedures.

Ti Dataservices, a subsidary of Technical Indexes, offers a wide range of added value electronic publishing solutions, from design and development through to production.

Global Engineering Documents, based in Englewood, Colo., maintains the world’s largest library of hard copy technical standards, government and military specifications, codes, manuals, publications and other reference materials.

IHS Aviation Information, based in Englewood, Colo., publishes federal aviation regulations, international requirements, and related documents for the aviation industry. Specific products cover aircraft operation, maintenance, and training.

Each company’s information products are sold and supported worldwide by dedicated field and telephone sales teams.

International Operations/Distribution

A network of international IHS Group operating subsidiaries and independent dealers primarily serve the engineering and regulatory markets in more than 95 countries. Outside of the United States, IHS Group’s own operating subsidiaries represent the leading technical information companies in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Many of these companies also produce complementary directory and information database products relevant to their own domestic markets. IHS Group also maintains state-of-the-art data conversion and programmer training facilities in India, Mexico and Malaysia.

 

IHS Energy Group

IHS Energy Group combines the resources, talents, experience, and expertise of multiple companies–Petroleum Information/Dwights, Petroconsultants, IEDS, PI (ERICO), and MAI Consultants–to offer unmatched breadth and depth of service capabilities to the energy industry. Collectively, we represent more than 190 years of proven expertise in collecting, standardizing, managing and delivering information to meet the needs of the petroleum industry – worldwide. Information services are complimented with physical assets management as well as economics and consulting.

IHS Energy Group’s Information Services represent the most complete, comprehensive and reliable commercial databases in the world for exploration and production. Building value on the information, tools for easy access to specific data subsets along with multiple data formats, delivery options and powerful application tools are provided to meet diverse projects and industry needs. Further, third party relationships with various vendors are maintained to ensure optimum utility of our data within our customer’s business processes.

IHS Energy Group’s Physical Assets Management Services specialize in the storage and management of physical E&P data for large U.S. oil companies and independents. The company offers a full suite of services to help companies archive, manage, and retrieve valuable information resources.

 

IHS Energy Group’s Economic & Consulting Services provides a full range of economics and consulting services to oil and gas companies, service companies, contractors and National Oil Companies. Products and services assist with the prospect evaluation process by incorporating reservoir engineering, economic/fiscal analysis and modeling, market research, strategic planning and technical services in oil and gas arenas around the world.

Whether operations are global or regional, large or small, IHS Energy Group delivers information quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively, to help our customers make critical decisions.

IHS Professional Markets

Four separate companies within IHS Professional Markets produce comprehensive, full-text databases of regulatory, technical and market information, increasingly matched to value-added interpretive information and decision support tools. IHS Professional Markets covers the environmental, financial services, healthcare, and human resources markets.

These databases are sold primarily to company managers and their internal advisors. All products are supported by dedicated field and telephone sales teams within each company.

 

Information Handling Services Group Inc.

IHS Engineering Products

NexData Solutions, Inc.

ESDU International PLC (UK)

Global Engineering Documents

IHS Aviation Information

Technical Indexes Ltd. (UK)

Wessex Software International Ltd. (UK)

IHS Energy Group

Information Services

Physical Assets Management

Economics & Consulting Services

IHS Professional Markets

IHS Health Group

IHS Health Information

Medical Data International

Interpharm Press

IHS Environmental Information

IHS Financial Products

IHS Human Resource Products

International Operations

IHS Australia Pty. Ltd.

IHS Brazil

IHS Canada Ltd./Micromedia Ltd. (Canada)

IHS Colombia

IHS Nordic (Denmark)

Ti France

IHS Germany

IHS Hong Kong

IHS India

IHS Malaysia

IHS de Mexico

IHS Documenta Mexico s.a. de c.v. (Mexico)

IHS South Africa Pty. Ltd.

Acquisitions

IHS Group pursues a proactive acquisition program to add breadth and depth of data content to existing products, as well as expand its horizons into new information fields:

1999

International Computex Inc., USA CSM Software

Interpharm Press, USA Health Information

1998

Integrated Exploration and Development Services, UK Oil and Gas Information

MAI Consultants, UK Oil and Gas Information

Guide to the Canadian Financial Services Industry, Canada Financial Services Information

Copp Clark Professional’s Directory Business, Canada Canadian Reference Information

Legacy Solutions, Inc., USA Oil and Gas Information Management

Graphix Publications, South Africa Printing/Graphic Arts Information

1997

Petroleum Information/Dwights, USA Oil and Gas Information

Infoenlace LTDA, Colombia Information Distributor

Rojas, Inc., Colombia Information Translation Services

Medical Data International, USA Healthcare Technology Information

Industry.net, USA Business-to-Business Web Info Service

Data Services Business of Dataware Technologies, USA Custom Electronic Publishing Services

Documenta s.a. de c.v. Mexico Engineering Information

ESDU International PLC, UK Engineering Information

Micromedia Limited, Canada Canadian Business Information

1996

ACEL Information Pty. Ltd., Australia Engineering Information

Petroconsultants S.A., Switzerland Oil and Gas Information

BT Audit, USA Audit Management Software

RBP Associates, Inc., USA Employment Compliance Software

The Communications Group, South Africa South African Business Information

IHS Nordic, Denmark Scandinavian Information Distributor

1995

ERM Information Services, Inc., USA Environmental Information

Wessex Software International Ltd., UK Construction Information

IHS Canada Ltd., Canada Canadian Information Distributor

Creative Multimedia Corporation, USA (Sold 10/97) Multimedia Consumer Reference

Virtual MicroSystems Inc., USA (Sold 12/96) CD-ROM Networking Solutions

IHS Germany GmbH, Germany German Information Distributor

H&H Zentrum f.Rk. GmbH, Germany (Sold 12/96) CD-ROM Networking Solutions

Media Library, Inc. (Minority), Japan Japanese Business Information

Update Information Services Pty. Ltd., Australia Drug Information

IHS Group Middle East, Kuwait & Egypt Information Distributor – Middle East

1994

Global Info Center Hong Kong Ltd., Hong Kong HK/Chinese Information Distributor

EarthLaw, USA Environmental Information

Edward’s Publishing Company, USA Electronic Component Information

Ubitrex Corporation, Canada (Sold 6/96) Patient Care Software

Beilstein Informationssysteme GmbH, Germany (Sold 1/98) Chemical Information


People

Mike Timbers, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, IHS Group

Chris Meyer, President & Chief Operating Officer, IHS Group

Mike Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer, IHS Group

Rick Cloutier, Chief Marketing Officer, IHS Group

Susan Auxer, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, IHS Group

Miles Baldwin, Vice President, Corporate Development, IHS Group

Bob Wing, Chief Executive Officer, IHS Engineering

Ken Timbers, President, IHS Engineering & Professional Markets

Chris Meyer, Chairman, IHS Energy Group

Dave Noel, Chief Executive Officer, Information Services, IHS Energy Group

Susan Whitbread, Chief Executive Officer, Economics & Consulting, IHS Energy Group

Gil Hamilton, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, IHS Energy Group

IHS Group companies employ more than 3,200 people worldwide, 1,900 are based in the United States and 1,500 in Colorado. IHS Group is one of Colorado’s top-15 private companies and a top-50 Colorado private-sector employer.

IHS Group
15 Inverness Way East
Englewood, CO 80112
USA
Tel: (+1-303) 790-0600
Fax: (+1-303) 792-9034

E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.ihsgroup.com


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