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sweden spain belgium poland united states singapore switzerland philippines italy ireland turkey canada 1 2 key people lex rozenbroek executive chairman and ceo 3 parent general atlantic website www.meteogroup.com meteogroup is a private weather organisation based in europe with forecasting offices in 14 countries and customers worldwide . it is owned by global growth equity firm general atlantic . 4 meteogroup has offices in uk france germany netherlands sweden spain belgium poland us canada singapore switzerland turkey philippines italy and ireland . meteogroup caters to business and consumer customers worldwide providing bespoke weather information to professional markets including transport marine agriculture energy and the media . 5 meteogroup also has a portfolio of top selling weather apps weatherpro meteoearth and magical weather . 6 contents 1 history 1.1 founding of meteo consult 1.2 initial european expansion 1.3 joint venture with pa 1.4 rebranding as meteogroup 1.5 launch of us office 1.6 expansion into southeast asia 1.7 major european acquisition 2 references 3 external links history edit founding of meteo consult edit the origins of meteogroup date back to 1986 when one of the first european private sector weather businesses meteo consult b.v was set up in the netherlands by harry otten a leading dutch tv weather presenter . the early days were a challenge for private sector weather businesses in europe as the national met offices dominated all markets and access to essential meteorological data and models was severely restricted . however meteo consult lobbied hard for fair and equal data access and to open up markets to the private sector . as a result the business in the netherlands grew in both the media and b2b markets . initial european expansion edit in the early nineties meteo consult started to look outside the netherlands and to expand into marine services . the company began working with a major international energy and petrochemical company to develop an on board routing system for the shipping market . spos its proprietary weather routing system is now a market leader installed on over 2 000 vessels worldwide . in 1993 meteo consult set up its first business outside the netherlands when a joint venture for the german market was established in berlin . in 1998 the joint venture came to an end and its wholly owned german subsidiary mc wetter was established . joint venture with pa edit further european expansion quickly followed . in 1996 meteo consult became a majority shareholder in meteo services in belgium now meteogroup belgium and in 1997 a joint venture was established with the press association in the uk pa weathercentre . in 1998 meteo consult acquired a majority shareholding in meteographics a graphics business specialising in visualising weather . also based in berlin meteographics works closely with the german subsidiary of meteogroup . in may 2005 a majority shareholding in meteo consult b.v was acquired by the pa group an international group of news information and communications businesses which include the press association the national news agency of the uk and ireland . the press association and meteo consult had worked together since 1997 in a successful joint venture in the uk pa weathercentre ltd now meteogroup uk combining the meteorological skills of meteo consult with the packaging and delivery skills of the press association . this acquisition further broadened pa group s portfolio of diversified information services for international markets and enabled meteogroup to accelerate new market growth . rebranding as meteogroup edit in september 2006 the business was re branded as meteogroup bringing together all its businesses under a single brand . meteo consult has retained its original brand name alongside the strapline a meteogroup company . meteogroup espa a was launched in 2006 with an office in madrid and in 2007 meteogroup opened new weather operations in poland meteogroup polska and sweden meteogroup scandinavia . a new business was launched in france in april 2009 meteogroup france bringing the number of european meteogroup operations to eight . launch of us office edit 2010 marked a key point in meteogroup s growth strategy with expansion into the united states and the launch of meteogroup usa . in may 2011 meteogroup acquired nowcasting international limited an ireland based company specialising in technology for offshore weather forecasting . the company now forms part of meteogroup offshore a dedicated division supplying meteorological and oceanographic products and services to the offshore industry . at the end of 2011 operations in europe were further strengthened with the set up of an office in italy meteogroup italia . expansion into southeast asia edit in july 2012 meteogroup singapore was launched initially focusing on providing weather products and services to the southeast asian shipping and offshore markets . major european acquisition edit in september 2013 meteogroup acquired mminternational europe ag a major swiss german weather company . the acquisition will see meteogroup expand its global operations to 14 countries making it one of the largest weather companies in the world with almost 400 employees and combined annual turnover of more than 50 million . in 2013 meteogroup was acquired by general atlantic one of the largest investment firms in the world . 7 references edit to acquire the weather network commercial services division from pelmorex media inc . meteogroup.com . 30 september 2015 . retrieved 17 august 2016 . offices and agencies . meteogroup.com . retrieved 17 august 2016 . lex rozenbroek takes over as ceo of . meteogroup.com . retrieved 17 august 2016 . portfolio of growth equity investments . general atlantic . retrieved 17 august 2016 . offers and promotions competitions and discounts . telegraph . retrieved 17 august 2016 . nick spence 15 july 2009 . weather pro for iphone review review macworld uk . macworld.co.uk . retrieved 17 august 2016 . meteogroup partners with global growth investor general atlantic . general atlantic website . retrieved 4 november 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title meteogroup & oldid 736188203 categories meteorological companieshidden categories use dmy dates from august 2016articles with too few wikilinks from october 2012all articles with too few wikilinksarticles covered by wikiproject wikify from october 2012all articles covered by wikiproject wikifyarticles lacking reliable references from august 2008all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles needing additional references from august 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom 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