Norstat Sweden Buys Concilia's Online Panel

Fieldwork firm Norstat Sweden has acquired the web panel of data collection company Concilia for an undisclosed sum. Concilia's two owners and founders, Per Jansson and Torbjörn Månsson, will join Norstat in July.

Based in Halmstad, the firm primarily conducts telephone interviews and online surveys, while offering a full-service solution covering consultation on method selection, data collection and delivery, and presentation of data. Its online panel, randomly recruited by telephone, will be added to Norstat's panel.se.

Henrik Åquist, CEO of Norstat in Sweden, comments: 'The acquisition of Concilia's panel is part of our growth strategy online. The fact that Concilia's panel is randomly recruited further strengthens our own panel.se, as we believe this is absolutely crucial to ensuring good quality of data in the surveys we conduct. We are very pleased to have recruited Per and Torbjörn. They contribute both with solid skills, a large network of contacts and an invaluable experience from having successfully driven Concilia for almost twenty years'.

Web sites: www.norstatgroup.com and www.concilia.se .