Andrew Brode, Chairman at RWS, has been named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2019’ by Broadwalk Asset Management for his achievements. In 1995 Mr Brode acquired RWS, a professional translations business from the founding family with minority equity from 3i. He held a 75% shareholding and in 2003 listed RWS on AIM and currently owns a […]
RWS is delighted to announce that it has won the AIM Company of the Year Award. The award recognizes RWS’s leading position in translation and localization, intellectual property support solutions and life sciences language services. Richard Thompson, CEO of RWS Holdings plc was delighted to collect the award on behalf of RWS: “Winning this award […]
RWS, one of the world’s leading language and intellectual property support services providers, has launched a scholarship programme in collaboration with The University of Manchester to encourage students from lower income families to complete a degree in modern languages. Named after RWS’s Chairman, Andrew Brode, the ‘RWS Brode Scholarship Programme’ will support a total of […]
RWS, home of the world’s largest intellectual property research community, announced today that the company has now awarded more than $9M (nine million dollars) in financial rewards to its global research community. RWS acquired Article One Partners in September 2017 and has maintained and grown this world class research community of over 43,000 researchers in […]
RWS Moravia, a division of RWS and a global leader in language services, announced today the opening of its newest and soon-to-be only office in Brno, Czech Republic, home of the company’s global headquarters. Following unprecedented growth since the company was founded in Brno in 1990, RWS Moravia is consolidating its 600 employees, currently spread […]
RWS enthusiastically participates in industry-related education to facilitate the advancement of the localization professionals of the future. Recently, RWS Interpreting Manager Elaine Callaghan contributed to London Metropolitan University’s Guest Lecture Programme for conference interpreting students. Entitled ‘Working with an Interpreting Agency,’ her lecture focussed on communication and the importance of interpreters and agencies working closely […]
RWS is pleased to announce the appointment of Jon Hart as Managing Director of RWS Life Sciences, effective 13 May. Jon is highly skilled in revenue and profit growth, with broad experience across the entire value chain including marketing, sales, operations and technology. During his career, Jon has held direct responsibility for sales teams, operations […]
RWS recently hosted a delegation from the Intellectual Property Publishing House (IPPH), a leading IP services provider in China, founded by the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), at its global headquarters in the UK. Minesoft, co-owners of RWS’s market-leading patent search database, PatBase, also joined the meeting. The visit was an opportunity for RWS, IPPH […]
RWS Holdings plc (“RWS”, “the Group”), today announces the acquisition of Alpha Translations Canada Inc. (“Alpha Translations”), a leader in expert legal and financial translations. The acquisition will be highly complementary to RWS’s existing Language Solutions business and will strengthen its specialist legal and financial translation offering. In particular, the acquisition will enhance RWS Language […]
RWS Moravia, a global leader in language services, and Memsource, a cutting-edge translation management system, have formed a strategic partnership to provide clients with more robust services and state-of-the-art technology solutions. This alliance – the first as part of a new partnership program announced by RWS Moravia earlier this week – will focus on providing clients with […]
Last night, at the AIM Awards event in London, RWS was announced winner of the AIM Transaction of the Year Award, recognizing the transformative impact of RWS’s acquisition of Moravia in November 2017. “As selective acquisitions are a key part of our strategic growth strategy, I am thrilled that RWS has received this external recognition […]