Two leading local IT companies, V.J. Salomone (Equipment) Ltd and BDS Ltd, have been merged to form a new company, SG Solutions Ltd.

The Mriehel-based company aims to keep up with the fast developing pace of technology coupled with Government's forward looking IT strategy which, the company said in a statement last week, provide many challenges and opportunities.

The parent companies of the two companies are the V.J. Salomone Group of Companies and the Gasan Group.

The new premises for SG Solutions were inaugurated by Investment, Industry and Information Technology Minister Austin Gatt earlier this month.

Dr Gatt stressed the need for more focused local initiatives in the ICT sector and underlined the ever increasing opportunities created through the relocation to Malta of software development companies and call centre services also from emerging markets, like India in the far East.

Both groups are confident that through their combined synergies the Salomone Gasan IT company will be a strong market player. SG Solutions aims to establish itself as a one-stop shop providing complete office solutions to the corporate sector and to consolidate its position as a market leader in Point of Sales (POS) systems.

Leading brands such as Apple, Ricoh, Casio, Bull, Ingenico, and Ericsson, forming part of the company's current portfolio, will contribute to this objective.

SG Solutions Ltd will have a staff complement of systems developers and technical support personnel to guarantee customers a high level of support. The long years of service and experience behind the merged group can only be provided through an ongoing commitment to staff training and development, especially in the ever changing ICT world.

SG Solutions will operate from their new premises at the Gasan Centre, where customers can view the vast range of office solutions available and find the necessary expertise to assist them in reaching the best IT decisions to enable them go meet the current and future needs of their growing business endeavours.