TXT e-solutions
Italian software development and consulting company serving aerospace, defense, transportation, industrial, government, aviation, and financial-technology organizations.
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Overview
TXT e-solutions is an Italian software development and consulting company headquartered in Milan. Established in 1989, the company developed from a software vendor focused on production planning and scheduling into a multi-sector technology group providing specialist applications, engineering services, digital transformation support, and research and development. Its historical portfolio has included supply-chain planning, demand management, sales and operations planning, product data management, product-lifecycle support, multimedia content management, and digital manufacturing solutions. The company’s activities are concentrated in technically demanding industries where software must support complex products, regulated processes, distributed operations, or large-scale planning requirements. Its industry coverage includes aerospace and aviation, defense, transportation, industrial manufacturing, government, and fintech. This has given TXT a dual profile: it has supplied packaged and configurable software products while also undertaking engineering, integration, consulting, and custom development projects. During the 1990s, TXT expanded its software offering beyond production planning and scheduling and created an early supply-chain-management suite. In the following decade it broadened the portfolio to demand management, sales and operations planning, product data management, mobile and multimedia applications, and business-intelligence-enabled supply-chain planning. The company also developed relationships with major technology providers and participated in research programs in Italy and internationally. TXT reorganized its activities in 2007 into three divisions: TXT PERFORM, focused on supply-chain and retail planning software; TXT POLYMEDIA, focused on multimedia and digital-content technology; and TXT NEXT, focused on engineering and professional services. The Polymedia business was sold to Kit Digital in 2011. In 2017, TXT completed the sale of the TXT Retail division, formerly associated with TXT PERFORM, to Aptos, a transaction that further emphasized the group’s engineering and industry-solutions activities. TXT e-solutions S.p.A. has been listed on the Italian stock exchange since July 2000, trading under the symbol TXT.MI and historically included in the STAR segment. The group operates through subsidiaries and activities in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Its present identity is therefore that of an internationally active specialist technology provider rather than a mass-market software brand, with particular depth in aerospace, defense, transportation, industrial systems, and other high-complexity environments.
History
TXT e-solutions was founded in Italy in 1989 as a software company focused on operational planning and industrial information systems. Its early products addressed production planning and scheduling, areas in which manufacturers needed to coordinate capacity, materials, orders, and delivery commitments. During the 1990s, the company expanded this work into supply-chain management and developed its first software suite for broader supply-chain processes. The company entered the 2000s with a widening enterprise-software portfolio. In 2000 it established subsidiaries or international operations associated with France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Germany. That same year, TXT e-solutions S.p.A. was admitted to the Italian stock market, where it has traded under TXT.MI since July 2000. In 2002, the company introduced solutions for supply-chain management, demand management, and sales and operations planning. These products were intended to help businesses align forecasts, inventory, purchasing, production, and commercial plans. In 2003, TXT added product data-management software, extending its activities from operational planning into the information structures used to manage products and their associated data. Further releases followed in 2004, including additional demand and supply-chain-management and sales-and-operations-planning products. TXT also introduced a mobile polymedia platform, reflecting the company’s interest in digital content and mobile delivery alongside its industrial software activities. In 2006, it worked with Microsoft through the Industry Builder Initiative, addressing supply-chain-planning requirements in consumer-driven industries. This relationship illustrated the company’s approach of combining its domain-specific applications with broader technology ecosystems. In 2007, TXT reorganized into three divisions. TXT PERFORM concentrated on planning and performance-management applications, including supply-chain and later retail-oriented solutions. TXT POLYMEDIA represented the company’s multimedia and digital-content activities. TXT NEXT focused on engineering, consulting, and technology services. The divisional structure made the group’s varied activities more distinct while preserving a common corporate identity. In 2008, the company released TXTPERFORM2008, a supply-chain-planning suite incorporating business-intelligence functionality. It also launched Media in a Box, a multimedia content-management platform. In subsequent years, subsidiaries introduced software for managing product lifecycles and a digital-manufacturing service line aimed specifically at aerospace. These developments increased the importance of engineering and industry-specific services within the group. TXT later simplified its portfolio. In 2011, the Polymedia business was sold to Kit Digital, and the group identified TXT PERFORM and TXT NEXT as its principal strategic areas. On 2 October 2017, TXT completed the sale of the TXT Retail division to Aptos, Inc., a company formerly associated with Epicor. The transaction removed the retail software activity from TXT’s portfolio and reinforced its orientation toward engineering, aerospace, defense, transportation, industrial, government, and fintech applications. TXT’s research and development teams have participated in Italian and international research programs. The company has maintained an international operating footprint through subsidiaries and activities in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Its history is consequently marked by portfolio expansion, divisional specialization, selective divestments, and a gradual concentration on software engineering and consulting for technically complex sectors.
- 2017
TXT Retail division sold to Aptos
[1]TXT completed the sale of TXT Retail, formerly associated with TXT PERFORM, to Aptos on 2 October.
- 2011
Polymedia business divested
[1]TXT sold its Polymedia business to Kit Digital and concentrated development on TXT PERFORM and TXT NEXT.
- 2008
TXTPERFORM2008 and Media in a Box released
[1]TXT introduced a business-intelligence-enabled supply-chain suite and the Media in a Box content-management platform.
- 2007
Three-division reorganization
[1]The group reorganized into TXT PERFORM, TXT POLYMEDIA, and TXT NEXT.
- 2006
Microsoft Industry Builder collaboration
[1]TXT worked with Microsoft through the Industry Builder Initiative on supply-chain-planning needs in consumer-driven industries.
- 2003
Product data-management products added
[1]TXT expanded its enterprise-software portfolio with product data-management applications.
- 2002
Supply-chain and demand-planning solutions released
[1]The company released products for supply-chain management, demand management, and sales and operations planning.
- 2000
International subsidiaries and stock-market listing
[1]TXT established international subsidiaries or operations in several European countries and began trading on the Italian stock exchange in July.
- 1990
Expansion into supply-chain management
[1]During the 1990s, TXT expanded from production-planning tools into supply-chain-management software and developed its first related suite.
- 1989
Company founded
[1]TXT e-solutions was established in Italy as a software development company, initially working in production planning and scheduling.
Products and positioning
Specialist software, engineering, and consulting for complex and highly regulated industries
Supply-chain and retail planning software · 2007
TXT PERFORM
TXT PERFORM was the group’s performance-planning software division. Its historical scope included supply-chain planning, demand management, sales and operations planning, and retail-oriented planning applications. The division represented TXT’s packaged enterprise-software heritage and addressed forecasting, coordination, inventory, and operational decision-making. The TXT Retail activity associated with this division was later sold to Aptos in 2017.
Engineering software and consulting · 2007
TXT NEXT
TXT NEXT was established as the division for engineering, consulting, and technology services. Its activities supported complex industries requiring software development, systems integration, product-lifecycle capabilities, and specialized digital transformation. Aerospace, defense, transportation, industrial, government, and fintech organizations are among the sectors associated with TXT’s engineering and consulting work.
Supply-chain planning suite · 2008
TXTPERFORM2008
TXTPERFORM2008 was a supply-chain planning suite released in 2008. It combined planning functions with business-intelligence capabilities, reflecting TXT’s effort to support both operational planning and analytical decision-making within a single enterprise application environment.
Multimedia content-management platform · 2008
Media in a Box
Media in a Box was a multimedia content-management platform released during TXT’s Polymedia period. It formed part of the company’s digital-content and multimedia technology portfolio, which was subsequently separated from the group through the sale of the Polymedia business to Kit Digital.
Product lifecycle management · 2003
Product lifecycle and data-management solutions
TXT developed software for product data management and broader product-lifecycle activities. These solutions addressed the information and process requirements surrounding complex products, including the organization of product data and support for lifecycle-related engineering processes.
Digital manufacturing
Aerospace digital-manufacturing solutions
TXT and its subsidiaries introduced a dedicated digital-manufacturing service line for aerospace. The offering reflects the company’s emphasis on engineering-intensive environments in which manufacturing processes, product complexity, traceability, and regulatory requirements require specialized software and consulting support.
Brand decisions
2017
Sale of TXT Retail to AptosM&ABackground
TXT’s retail software activity was associated with the TXT PERFORM division and formed part of the group’s broader enterprise-software portfolio.
Action taken
On 2 October 2017, TXT completed the sale of the TXT Retail division to Aptos, Inc.
Aftermath
The divestment further concentrated TXT on engineering, software development, and consulting activities for complex industry sectors.
2011
Sale of TXT PolymediaM&ABackground
TXT operated across software planning, engineering, and multimedia activities, and its 2007 divisional structure included TXT POLYMEDIA.
Action taken
The company sold the TXT Polymedia business to Kit Digital.
Aftermath
TXT stated its development strategy was focused on the TXT PERFORM and TXT NEXT divisions.
Recent events
TXT announces promotional plans for “Magic”[3]
Reported:
TXT unveiled a promotion schedule for its English-language track “Magic,” including a planned June 10 interview and live performance on “Good Morning America,” a June 11 music-video release, and a performance on “The Late Late Show with James Corden.”
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