{{Short description|Software companies of Serbia}} {{Distinguish|Comtrade}} {{Infobox company | name = Comtrade Group | logo = Comtrade Group logo.png | type = Private | traded_as = | native_name = Комтрејд Група | native_name_lang = sr | genre = <!-- Only used with media and publishing companies --> | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = {{start date and age|1996}} | founder = Veselin Jevrosimović | defunct = | hq_location_city = Belgrade | hq_location_country = Serbia | num_locations = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Veselin Jevrosimović (chairman and owner)<br />Alexis Lope-Bello (CEO)<br />Terry T. Curtis (CFO) | industry = IT | products = | production = | services = IT solutions, system integration, software engineering, IT distribution | revenue = {{increase}} US$500 million <small>(2022)</small><ref>[https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.comtrade_group_bv.3a52f5ecb2df21d330eaa440ed3f37c2.html Company Profile] dnb.com</ref> | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 3,000 | parent = | divisions = | subsidiaries = | website = {{url|comtrade.com}} | footnotes = }} '''Comtrade Group''' is a software & IT hardware company based in Belgrade, Serbia with divisional head offices in Boston, Dublin, Amsterdam and Ljubljana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/|title=LinkedIn Profile|website=LinkedIn|access-date=29 November 2023}} {{user generated source|date=June 2022}}</ref> Founded in 1991, its business focuses to developing hardware and large software storage systems for institutions and corporations, as well as core software for online & land-based casinos.<ref name="vreme.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=1038151|title=Kapital ne dolazi preko noći|date=29 February 2012|publisher=}}</ref>
==History== Comtrade Group was founded in 1991 by Serbian businessman Veselin Jevrosimović. It designed the first Serbian desktop and notebook in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=458395|title=Najbolji investitor u Evropi|date=5 July 2006|publisher=}}</ref>
In 2015, the company joined CERN openlab as an associate member.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.comtrade.com/our-impact/researchers-worldwide-access-cern-data-via-our-data-sharing-system/|title=Researchers worldwide access CERN data via our data sharing system - Comtrade|work=Comtrade|access-date=2018-05-27|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://openlab-archive-phases-iv-v.web.cern.ch/resources/press_release/comtrade-facilitates-global-access-cern-research|title=Comtrade Facilitates Global Access to CERN Research - CERN openlab|website=openlab-archive-phases-iv-v.web.cern.ch|access-date=2018-05-29|archive-date=2018-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052314/https://openlab-archive-phases-iv-v.web.cern.ch/resources/press_release/comtrade-facilitates-global-access-cern-research|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, the firm partnered with Citrix to develop management packs for their platforms. Additionally, ComTrade has the largest artificial intelligence division in South Eastern Europe for now.<ref name="auto"/>
Comtrade wrote the code for the warehouse robots used at Amazon.com. It also developed the software infrastructure at Ryanair and various luggage transport systems.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://svetkapitala.delo.si/ikonomija/iz-krize-smo-se-izkopali-s-prijemi-iz-casopisov-4439|title=Iz krize smo se izkopali s prijemi iz časopisov|language=sl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717013136/https://svetkapitala.delo.si/ikonomija/iz-krize-smo-se-izkopali-s-prijemi-iz-casopisov-4439/|website=svetkapitala.delo.si|archive-date=2018-07-17 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraf.rs/hi-tech/zanimljivosti-hi-tech/2923422-veselin-jevrosimovic-o-tome-kako-je-comtrade-preziveo-svetsku-ekonomsku-krizu-zabranio-sam-otpustanje-ako-brod-tone-svi-cemo-potonuti-zajedno-foto|title=Veselin Jevrosimović o tome kako je Comtrade preživeo svetsku ekonomsku krizu: Zabranio sam otpuštanje, ako brod tone, svi ćemo potonuti zajedno (FOTO)|website=www.telegraf.rs|date=29 December 2017 |language=sr|access-date=2018-05-27}}</ref>
The company has offices in Belgrade, Sarajevo, Ljubljana, Sunnyvale, Boston, Dublin, Budapest, Ireland and the Philippines.<ref name="auto"/> In 2008, it acquired the Slovenian software firm Hermes Softlab. In 2014, ComTrade Group launched the Tesla brand of tablets, smartphones, monitors and TVs. In 2016, ComTrade Software, a subsidiary of ComTrade Group, launched its US headquarters in Boston.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/09/06/comtrade-software-opens-first-office-boston/siAWVGQLlmrXgSeqFdvF9O/story.html|title=Comtrade Software opens first US office in Boston - The Boston Globe|website=The Boston Globe|publisher=}}</ref> In 2017, Jevrosimović opened the parent company's 18th office in the city of Dubai, as well as a technology center in Čačak.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://pcpress.rs/veselin-jevrosimovic-informaticki-opismenjena-deca-su-nasa-buducnost/|title=Veselin Jevrosimović – Informatički opismenjena deca su naša budućnost|date=2018-01-15|work=PC Press|access-date=2018-05-27|language=en-US}}</ref> Comtrade employs 1,200 software engineers and has been a member of the World Economic Forum since 2009.<ref name="vreme.com"/>
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