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additional sources . february 2010 this article includes a list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message teleplan international n.v. type public traded as fwb tpl industry electronics manufacturing services founded 1983 headquarters schiphol netherlands key people gotthard haug ceo a. schmassmann chairman of the supervisory board 1 services after market service fulfillment reverse logistics refurbishment recycling website http www.teleplan.com teleplan international n.v. is an electronics manufacturing and servicing company . it is headquartered in schiphol the netherlands . teleplan sells products and services in 95 countries and employs over 5000 people . contents 1 history 2 milestones 3 notes 4 external links history edit teleplan was founded in griesheim near frankfurt germany in 1983 . initially the company serviced broadcasting equipment . its first customer was broadcast television systems inc. . as it grew teleplan acquired customers in the computer supply business such as sony and hp during the pc market boom of the 1980s by providing outsourced warranty services for the pc industry in europe . until 1990 teleplan concentrated on expanding the borders of its regional foundation in order to serve customers on a larger scale . major expansions from 1990 onwards included expanding technical knowledge developing measuring and regulating equipment and developing software in house in order to supervise the entire process . by 1994 teleplan had developed into one of the most important players in the german market in the field of crt monitor repair with a vast number of large european customers . citation needed the german teleplan concept was so successful citation needed client requests for teleplan s services from other regions became too large to ignore and teleplan began examining possibilities for establishing a physical network of branches throughout europe . a chronology of the company s global growth and acquisition path follows milestones edit 1982 foundation of the company as teleplan telekommunikationssysteme vertriebs und handels gmbh in griesheim clarification needed darmstadt 1990 expansion and acquisition of contracts for industrial customers in order to deal with warranty repairs for monitors 1996 market entry into switzerland the netherlands united kingdom and austria 1997 market entry into sweden and italy 1998 diverse takeovers relocation of the headquarters to amsterdam netherlands ipo on the neuer markt of the frankfurt stock exchange 1999 merger with the business unit repairs of computer peripherals of xyratex havant international 2002 teleplan began on cutting down acquisitions 2004 teleplan and a group of shareholders agreed upon and substantially concluded a comprehensive financial restructuring of its debt facilities 2005 capital increase as part of the financial restructuring in june 2005 2007 capital increase of 10 % to raise the cash position of teleplan 2009 restructuring successfully implemented 2012 teleplan delisted notes edit http www.teleplan.com includes loadfile.aspx fileid 98 external links edit companies portal official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title teleplan & oldid 698364003 categories electronics companies of the netherlandshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from february 2010all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking reliable references from february 2010all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles needing additional references from february 2010all articles needing additional referencesarticles lacking in text citations from february 2010all articles lacking in text citationsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from 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