Cegeka invests in lower Lazio: new IT center with 100 hires

Cegeka, a Belgian multinational of IT solutions, services and consultancy, is growing in Italy and is doing so by opening a new center in lower Lazio. «We are looking for the right headquarters, but we will start soon, it's a matter of a few months», explains to Sole24Ore Koen Deryckere, CEO of Cegeka Group from 1 May 2026. «The objective - he adds - is to start by hiring between 50 and 100 people, but if the demand for our services and products grows, as we think, we should reach between 300 and 400 in the next 2-3 years». The multinational keeps the investment amount and the exact location confidential, even if the latter will probably be in the province of Frosinone, near Cassino, halfway between Rome and Naples.

The Belgian multinational, founded in 1992, has now achieved annual revenues of 1.4 billion, with 10 thousand employees worldwide. In Italy the Cegeka brand has been present since 2016, and the Italian branch, led by managing director Lorenzo Greco, has five offices: Rome, Cologno Monzese (Milan), Padua, Gallarate (Varese) and Bologna. In Italy there are 500 employees (almost 150 in Rome alone) and the company has a turnover of 50 million a year. «But we have great growth ambitions - continues Deryckere - with the aim of doubling, if not tripling or quadrupling, our business in Italy in the next 2-3 years. We are already strong in the Benelux, but we want to expand into larger European economies such as Germany, France, Italy and also the United Kingdom."

For Cegeka, Italy is a very interesting country: «Our customers - continues the CEO - are not necessarily the big giants. We work a lot with those medium-sized companies that represent excellence in their market niches, and which have an international scope. In Italy there are thousands of these realities. And for them IT is no longer just a support function, but is entering the heart of the company. It is needed – he explains – to better understand the consumer, optimize production and manage the distribution chain." A trend accelerated by artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. «These now represent between 15 and 25% of our business», specifies Deryckere.

It is no coincidence that the new Cegeka center will open in southern Lazio: the multinational is focusing on products, services and consultancy for the mobility of the future and aerospace-defence. In the automotive sector, Lazio has a sector that is facing the challenge of reconverting to sustainable mobility, an ecosystem defined by software, in which vehicles, infrastructure, charging networks, satellite services and cloud platforms must function as a single secure system. And Cegeka works to integrate physical testing and simulation, artificial intelligence, digital twin, connectivity and cybersecurity.