Autocue is the world's leading provider of teleprompter systems to the broadcast and conferencing sectors. Founded in 1955, the business has teleprompters in 70% of the world's newsrooms, trading under the Autocue brand, or the QTV brand in the USA. Clients include the BBC, GMTV, Bloomberg, ABC and CNN. Autocue also provides newsroom automation software with installations in Europe, USA, India and the Middle East. Root Capital acquired Autocue from Ernst & Young in May 2005.
www.autocue.co.uk
Alter Technology Group is the world's leading specialist in the testing of electronic components for high reliability applications in the space, aerospace and defence sectors. It has clients all around the world and laboratory facilities in the UK, France, Spain and Italy with around 200 employees. Alter has worked on many of the major satellite programmes over the last twenty years and is increasingly a leading supplier to the UK and French aerospace and defence sectors. Root Capital acquired IGG from 3i in December 2004 and merged IGG with Technologica and Troprel to create Alter Technology Group in December 2006.
www.altertechnology.com/
KnowledgePool provides learning services, including bespoke training programmes, learning consultancy, training administration, supplier management and full business process outsourcing. The business originated in the 1960's as the training division of ICL, now Fujitsu, and was later spun off in 2002. Clients include Fujitsu, the Home Office, Lloyds TSB, British Airways and Orange. Root Capital bought KnowledgePool from Menzies in February 2004.
www.knowledgepool.com
Mettoni is a leading developer of software applications for enhancing the performance and functionality of telephony PBX switches and the latest generation of IP telephony technologies. The business is comprised of two primary business units; Datapulse, a Nortel Networks technology partner, and IDL, a Cisco AVVID partner. Simon Philips, Edward Mallinckrodt and a private investor, Martin Gill teamed up with Mettoni's management to acquire the business from Ernst & Young in August 2002.
www.mettoni.com
