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Craig Venter
Craig Venter
Chief Executive Officer: Altech

CORPORATE PROFILE
Altech, a member of the Altron group, is a leading South African multi-billion rand high-technology group involved in the design, development, convergence, manufacture, installation and distribution of telecommunications equipment, multi-media systems, IT solutions, electronic components, cellular telephony and industrial electronic products. There is a strong focus on the convergence of these technologies and Altech is now also entrenched in the arena of secure technology solutions. This will create a focus for future convergence. Strong partnerships with international principals ensure that the group has ongoing access to the latest technologies worldwide, while the group’s own research and development programmes actively encourages and promotes internal technology advances.

NATURE OF BUSINESS
Altech is an investment holding company involved in the telecommunications, multi-media and information technology industries. Altech’s holding company is Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron), which is incorporated in the Republic of South Africa.
   
     
   

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
  2008   2007
Revenue: R5.9 m R4.9 m
Operating profit R493 bn R438 bn
Operating margin: 8.3% 8.9%
Cash: R1.4 bn R1.0 bn
Return on capital employed: 58.6% 63.5%
  Altech Autopage Cellular, Altech Supercall Cellular, Altech Mobile Direct and Altech Mobile Express – sales, distribution and services provision for cellular network operators.
Altech Netstar – the largest Stolen Vehicle Recovery (SVR) business in South Africa.
Altech Netstar Fleet Management Services and ComTech – providers of advanced fl eet management systems for logistics management.
Altech Alcom Matomo and Altech Alcom Radio Distribution – design, installation and project management of Motorola radio systems and two-way radio equipment.

MULTI-MEDIA AND ELECTRONICS
  2008   2007
Revenue: R1.6 bn R1.2 bn
Operating profit R121 m R114 m
Operating margin: 7.5% 9.5%
Cash: R178 m R64 m
Return on capital employed: 23.6% 26.6%

Altech UEC Multi-media, Altech MediaVerge Solutions, Altech Global Decoder Logistics and 3CTV – design, manufacture and service provision of satellite and terrestrial digital set-top decoders.
Altech Arrow Altech Distribution – distribution of a vast range of professional electronic components, products and solutions.
     

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  2008   2007
Revenue: R731 m R653 m
Operating profit R56 m R29 m
Operating margin: 7.7% 4.4%
Cash: R112 m R104 m
Return on capital employed: 4.1% 11.5%
  Altech Card Solutions, Altech Cardtronic, Altech NamITech, Integrated Technology Solutions, Altech Isis and Altech Isis France – telecommunications middleware payment systems and solutions, secure solutions and smartcard technologies.
Altech Stream, Altech Stream Rwanda – a broadband network operator utilising the Xiocom solution, a city-wide WiFi/WiMax mesh network.
Kenya Data Networks – a public data network operator offering access to its network at wholesale rates to Kenyan internet service providers.
Swift Global (Kenya) – an internet service provider offering IP-based network and internet solutions and VoIP services. Value-added services include disaster recovery, off-site back-up, application hosting and information security.
Infocom (Uganda) – provides internet service provider and IT services, including the design and implementation of virtual private networks. It offers fi xed wireless broadband internet access via WiMax access equipment.