Blancco Technology Group (LSE: BLTG) started life as Regenersis plc, a provider of diagnostics, repair and data erasure services to the consumer electronics industry.
Regeneris Regeneris itself began as
Fonebank. Regenersis filed for
IPO in 2005 as a public company on the
London Stock Exchange. In the same year, it acquired Intec Group (Intec Cellular Services and Intec Distribution). In 2009, Regenersis bought
Total Repair Solutions in a deal that would see it become
Scotland's second largest electronics employer. was based in
Oxford In 2011, Regeneris was pursued by Hanover Investors, who increased their share in the company to 14%.
Blancco In 1997, Janne Tervo and Kim Väisänen co-founded
Carelian Innovation Ltd. The company's first data erasure product, Blancco Data Cleaner, was released in 1999. In 2000, Carelian Innovations Ltd. changed its name to
Blannco Oy. Sun Microsystems and Blancco formed a partnership in 2007 to deliver data erasure. In 2007, Blancco was approved and included in the NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue (NIAPC). The company expanded its product line in 2008 with the introduction of the Blancco 4.5 client series for added server support, and the Data Center Edition, which enables safe reuse of the hard drives in mass storage environments for clients such as
Sun,
HP and
EMC that need deep data expunging. The company released Blancco Mobile for smartphone erasure in 2012. In 2011, Blancco LUN was launched and in 2012 Blancco 5 and Management Console 3 were released. The company also acquired
DBAN in 2012 and received Common Criteria certification in that same year. Blancco Oy was acquired by Regenersis in April 2014.
Divestment In 2016, after acquiring Blancco, Regenersis appointed separate chief executives for its after-market services and digital security businesses as it was looking to sell the former. == Today ==