Catinét has been one of Denmark’s leading full service market research institutes since 1997. It is the company behind the analysis technology Catglobe, which streamlines and enhances the applicability of research at the client’s end. The concept is known as CEM Intelligence and encompasses continuous collection and reporting of social-, business cycle-, market- and customer data.
 
As part of the expansion of CEM Intelligence, Catinét has chosen to outsource all of its fieldwork to Norstat as of 1. October 2009 in a 5-year contract which includes handing over the company’s fieldwork department in Svendborg, Denmark, to Norstat, along with Catinét’s 85.000 member telephone recruited Nordic internet panel. The panel will be merged with Norstat’s existing panel. Combined, the panels will constitute the largest telephone recruited panel in the Nordic region consisting of 350.000 panelists.
 
Catinét’s founder and CEO Christian Stjer is pleased with the agreement with Norstat:
 
“Catinét has screened the market in search of a Nordic fieldwork provider which represents the same level of quality and efficiency that Catinét has practiced since 1997. The choice was simple: The research company Norstat, which has specialized in interviewing and which has a strong presence in all of the Nordics, the Baltic States and Poland. Our cooperation means that we can now streamline and optimize the usability and applicability of our research with our clients. We look forward to expand CEM Intelligence throughout the Nordics and to a close cooperation with Norstat as provider of fieldwork, which will continue to be quality controlled and implemented through our analysis system Catglobe.”
 
Jesper Platz, managing director of Norstat Denmark, is very content with the agreement:
 
“Catinét has been one of our toughest competitors in the Danish market, throughout our existence, and it is a competitor for which I have the greatest respect. By this agreement, Norstat will strengthen its presence on the Danish market through increased capacity and competence, to the benefit of both Norstat’s and Catinét’s clients. By merging Catinét’s and Norstat’s panels we are creating a unique product together in a Nordic context and we will be able to carry through even the most demanding projects.”
 
Catinét is fully Danish owned and is a strong alternative to the international research institutes. Catinét has specialized in Lean and in streamlining analysis and in July 2009, the company acquired Danish IFKA (Institute for Business Cycle Analysis). The company employs 27 consultants and IT engineers in Denmark and 46 IT engineers in Vietnam.
 
Norstat becomes the largest specialized provider of data collection in Europe, operating in the Nordics, the Baltics and Poland. The company has app. 2000 employees, a total revenue of 204 MNOK (23,94 MEUR) in 2008 and owns the largest telephone recruited internet panel in the region, consisting of app. 350.000 panelists.

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