Sanoma divests Eduarte, a Dutch student administration system provider for vocational education

Sanoma Corporation, Investor news, 4 October 2022 at 11:00 EET

Sanoma divests Eduarte, a Dutch student administration system provider for vocational education  

Sanoma has divested Eduarte, a student administration system provider for vocational education in the Netherlands to Topicus, a pan-European provider of vertical market software and platforms. The divestment is in line with Sanoma’s strategy to harmonise its digital offering across the learning business.

In 2021, Eduarte’s net sales were EUR 9 million and the company employed 45 people who transferred to the buyer with the divestment.

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