Company : Press Center
Welcome to the Electrum Press Center. If you need more information please e-mail Stuart Harper or phone the number above.
Electrum is an Edinburgh-based
software developer, specialising in database systems, content management
systems and data driven visualisation.
The company was founded in 1996 and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.
Press Releases
Electrum KeyFacts system for mortgage providers
EDINBURGH - January 12th, 2005 - Electrum, a leading supplier of software and services to the financial services sector, today announced a KeyFacts solution enabling mortgage providers to produce M-day compliant key facts documents.
Software House to Market Financial Software Internationally
EDINBURGH - January 5th, 2001 - Edinburgh based Electrum (Multimedia) Ltd has developed a new software tool for the financial services market that it believes will generate six, possibly seven, figure revenues and the company is now actively looking for a partner to market the product internationally.
New IT Tools Pays Off For Franklin Templeton Investments
EDINBURGH - May 25th, 2001 - With a requirement to produce more than 1800 monthly fact sheets for 40 funds in 10 different languages for 12 European countries, Franklin Templeton Investments quickly realised it needed to automate and turned to Electrum (Multimedia) Ltd. for help.
The founders of OWL worked at ICL Dalkeith until 1983, when ICL announced they were moving the facility south to Kidsgrove. Instead of moving, most of the staff took the redundancy package on offer, resulting in two well known spin-offs: OWL and Spider.
Electrum to Benefit from £25m Investment in Key Client
EDINBURGH - January 9th, 2000 - One of Scotland's leading Internet consultancies, Electrum, looks set to benefit from a £25m investment in its key client, Star Technology Group, which accounts for 50% of Electrum's turnover.
Electrum Boosts 1999 Internet Product of the Year
EDINBURGH - July 23rd, 1999 - Edinburgh based Internet solutions developer Electrum, was instrumental in the success of Star Internet winning the Internet Product of the Year award at the Networking Industry Awards for a second time, with the 'NetTools' product suite.
Electrum Provide Intranet Technology for Franklin Templeton Investments
EDINBURGH - November 17, 1997 - Electrum recently participated in the development of an intranet for Franklin Templeton Investments Limited. The intranet was commissioned by the Franklin Templeton Investments office in Edinburgh for their European operation and it has won widespread praise from all parts of the group.
Scottish Company Launches the "Columbus" of Web Tools
EDINBURGH - June 26, 1997 - New Web Site Mapping Tool Set to Take Away Web Rage
Electrum announces availability of PowerMapper 1.0
EDINBURGH - May 1, 1997 - Electrum Multimedia announces PowerMapper 1.0 - the first web crawler that produces GIF site maps. To create a site map, use the built-in browser to navigate to your home page and click New Map - the HTML page produced can then be used on your web site. PowerMapper is available for Windows 95 and NT and sells for $99. A free evaluation version is available from Electrum's web site at http://www.electrum.co.uk
Electrum Announces Interactive Web Sites
EDINBURGH - Dec 20, 1996 - Electrum Multimedia announced a new programming service to provide interactive maps and applications for the World Wide Web using Java, the language that has recently taken the Internet by storm. A compelling example of this service is the Edinburgh Pub Tour, a guided tour round the hip and historic pubs of Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH - Nov 17, 1996 - A new startup, Electrum Multimedia, is founded by 3 former employees of Office Workstations Ltd. (OWL). Based in Leith, the company provides software development products and services for multimedia applications based on the Internet and CD ROM .
