aktieselskab nasdaq copenhagen iss founded 1901 headquarters copenhagen denmark key people jeff gravenhorst ceo heine dalsgaard cfo sir charles allen chairman revenue 74.105 billion dkk 2014 1 operating income 4.150 billion dkk 2014 1 net income 1 014 million dkk 2014 1 number of employees 510 968 2014 1 website http www.issworld.com iss a s is a facility services company founded in copenhagen denmark in 1901 . iss services include cleaning services support services property services catering services security services and facility management services . the iss group s revenue amounted to dkk 74.1 billion in 2014 and iss now has more than 510 000 employees and activities in more than 75 countries across europe asia north america latin america and pacific . 2 more than half of iss employees are based in emerging markets . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 controversies 4 references 5 external links history edit 1901 iss was founded in copenhagen denmark as a small security company with 20 night watchmen named kj benhavn frederiksberg nattevagt copenhagen frederiksberg night watch 1934 iss entered the cleaning business with the establishment of det danske reng rings selskab a s the danish cleaning company as an independent subsidiary of the security company 1946 the first geographical expansion outside denmark swedish subsidiary established 1968 the company adopted the iss name 1973 overseas expansion started 1975 group revenue reached dkk 1 billion 1977 iss shares listed on the copenhagen stock exchange 1989 the total number of employees in the group reached 100 000 1997 strategy aim2002 was launched . this strategy focused on multi services selling a number of services to the same customer 1999 iss acquired abilis the second largest european provider of cleaning and specialised services in a dkk 3.6 billion acquisition the group s largest ever . abilis had about 50 000 employees and annual revenues of dkk 5.2 billion in 1998 . the total number of employees in the group reached 200 000 2000 a new five year strategy create2005 was launched introducing the facility services concept 2003 iss first major pan european integrated facility services contract signed 2005 a new strategy was introduced aiming at a continuous transformation of iss towards an integrated facility services company . iss a s was acquired by funds advised by eqt partners and goldman sachs capital partners and de listed from the copenhagen stock exchange . the total number of employees in the group reached 300 000 2006 group revenue passed dkk 50 billion . iss made the second largest acquisition in company history when acquiring the outstanding 51 % of the shares in tempo services ltd. in australia 2007 group revenue passed dkk 60 billion . iss entered the us market through the acquisition of sanitors inc. the total number of employees in the group reached 400 000 2008 introduction of iss s strategy plan the iss way which is built on four strategic cornerstones customer focus people management the ifs strategy and a multi local approach . iss s largest ever international integrated facility services contract was signed 2010 group revenue passed dkk 70 billion . the total number of employees in the group reached 500 000 3 2011 british security company g4s announces it will acquire iss in a deal worth 5.2 billion . 4 the deal is later shelved owing to shareholder unrest 5 2012 ontario teachers pension plan teachers and kirkbi invest a s make eur 500 million investment in iss 6 2013 iss is named world s best outsourcing company as the international association of outsourcing professionals ranks iss as the 1 on its annual list of the world s best outsourcing service providers the global outsourcing 100 7 2014 iss lists on the omx nasdaq copenhagen stock exchange in denmark s biggest ipo in two decades 8 for the second year in a row iss was named the world s best outsourcing company by international association of outsourcing professionals 9 operations edit iss has announced that it has sold off its australian security business and some operations in new zealand to wilson group . 10 controversies edit five former employees of iss jakarta are in police custody after allegations of a serious sexual assault on a child at jakarta intercultural school jis where they worked as cleaners as part of an iss team . 11 all five had been dismissed by iss jakarta without pay after admitting gross misconduct and the cleaning contract at jis has been terminated . citation needed references edit a b c d annual report 2014 iss 2014 . iss fact sheet . 1 iss history g4s shares tumble on 5.2 bn iss takeover deal bbc news g4s abandons 5.2 bn iss takeover deal bbc news teachers and kirkbi make eur 500 million equity investment in iss iss press releases 2 david ruth 13 march 2014 . iss shares advance in denmark s biggest ipo in two decades . bloomberg . 3 https www.wilsonsecurity.com.au sitepages newsitem.aspx newsid 10 parlina ina 17 april 2014 . rape case draws high attention . the jakarta post . retrieved 15 september 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to iss a s international service system . international website danish website v t e omx copenhagen 20 companies of denmark march 2016 a.p. m ller m rsk carlsberg chr . hansen coloplast danske bank dsv flsmidth & co. genmab gn store nord iss jyske bank nordea novo nordisk novozymes pandora tdc tryg vestas wind systems william demant companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title iss a s & oldid 724285087 categories service companies of denmarkservice companies based in copenhagencompanies based in gladsaxe municipalitydanish brandscleaning companiessecurity companies1901 establishments in denmarkcompanies established in 1901private providers of nhs serviceshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate 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