ITU is now part of the Governikus family

Governikus acquires Hamburg-based IT experts for environmental protection and waste management

• Governikus GmbH & Co. KG has signed a purchase agreement with Consist Software Solutions GmbH to acquire Consist ITU Environmental Software GmbH from Hamburg.
• The new Governikus subsidiary will be known as Governikus ITU GmbH with immediate effect.
• With this acquisition, Governikus is opening up a new market segment within public administration and, with Governikus ITU, offers customized IT solutions for processes in environmental protection and waste management.
• Governikus ITU can now offer its customers additional services and products relating to secure electronic communication.

Governikus signed the purchase agreement for the acquisition of Consist ITU GmbH from Hamburg on February 23, 2024. The Bremen-based IT security expert is thus expanding its reach and product portfolio to include IT solutions for environmental protection and waste management. From now on, the company will operate as Governikus ITU GmbH under the existing management of Ute Müller and Karsten Evers.

Synergies from two areas of IT

ITU has been working at the interface between environmental protection, waste management and IT for almost 30 years. Among other things, it ensures that the environmental ministries and the departments responsible for waste management in all federal states can efficiently monitor the disposal of hazardous waste. This also includes online applications for permits and certifications for all types of waste. The companies involved in the waste management cycle can also use ITU software to carry out the digital application and verification process in a paperless manner. In the electronic waste records procedure (eANV abbreviation for “elektronischen Abfallnachweisverfahren” in German), there is already an existing mailbox infrastructure for the verification of hazardous waste based on OSCI (Online Services Computer Interface). The software infrastructure component for secure, OSCI-based data exchange is provided by Governikus and is developed and maintained on behalf of the federal and state governments.

"We are delighted to be working together with our previous partner company on the end-to-end digitalization of public administration and tackling joint challenges in various segments of e-government," says Dr Stephan Klein, CEO of Governikus.

With this acquisition, Governikus is tapping into a new market segment within public administration. "ITU has been relying on Governikus solutions for the secure mapping of e-government processes for many years. We share a number of common challenges, which we will now tackle and successfully implement through even closer cooperation," says Ute Müller, Managing Director of Governikus ITU. "Nothing will change for our customers and partners, except that we will be able to better utilize synergies with the Governikus portfolio," adds Karsten Evers, Managing Director of Governikus ITU.

About Governikus ITU GmbH

Governikus ITU specializes in Europe-wide IT solutions for environmental protection and waste management. IT concepts as well as the development and maintenance of IT solutions are the core competence of the Hamburg-based company. For almost 30 years, projects have been successfully implemented for numerous national and international authorities and companies.

The ITU experts have excellent engineering knowledge in environmental protection. The strengths of Governikus ITU include expert advice on both procedural and IT-related issues and the development of customized IT solutions for processes in environmental protection and waste management.

About Governikus GmbH & Co. KG

We have a vision: we want to make people's lives safer and easier with our IT solutions! For almost 25 years, we have been protecting personal data with our secure and forward-looking IT solutions. Secure identities, confidential and legally compliant communication and the handling of sensitive data to ensure authenticity and integrity are our main focus. As pioneers in e-government and e-justice, legal requirements, norms and standards are among the cornerstones of our developments and services. Know-how that is needed and valued in other sectors, such as the healthcare market or the financial world, as digitalization progresses. It is important to us to build on a consistent dialog with customers and partners.