iXion takes the ball and runs with it, becoming a partner of the Ladies Championship Gstaad
From 9 to 17 July 2016, the very first edition of the WTA tennis tournament Ladies Championship Gstaad will take place. One month from its start date, the Vaud-based IT services company iXion Services SA is taking up a new challenge by signing a partnership with the organisers of the event.
Vincent Scheidegger, CEO of iXion Services SA explains the reasons for this sponsorship initiative: "Our company has continued to grow, innovate and bring new solutions to satisfy its customers. iXion is growing and evolving and wants to stay close to them. This evolution is reflected in our commitment, and for the first time in a major event with excellent media coverage. By choosing tennis, iXion is investing in a major sport in Switzerland, conveying an excellent image and values of performance, self-improvement, perseverance and respect, shared by our company and all its employees. The Gstaad site is also both an attractive and prestigious environment, making it ideal for receiving and pampering our existing and prospective customers. We are looking forward to this new collaboration. »
Tournament director, Jeff Collet sees many advantages in this association: "For us, it is, above all, enormously exciting that a renowned, Vaud-based SME in its field of activity is putting its confidence in us and becoming involved in this new Swiss tennis event for which we have high hopes. This partnership is providing wonderful support for the future development of the tournament. »
iXion Services SA
As an innovative Vaud-based IT services company, iXion Services supports the entire IT infrastructure of its customers. It is renowned in Switzerland as a skilled and reliable IT partner. Its main activities are system integration and services management as well as the personnel delegation delivered by the brand aXelerateur ressources.
Founded in 2005, the company has nearly 100 employees, divided between its headquarters in Chexbres (VD) and its agencies located in Meyrin (GE) and Martigny (VS). A self-financed company, it achieves 80% of its turnover in IT services and is seeing a steady growth of its business volume. iXion now has more than 150 customers across many business sectors and manages no fewer than 1,100 servers and 12,500 users.
Ladies Championship Gstaad
The Ladies Championship Gstaad is organised by the company Grand Chelem Event, a company specialising in events and sponsorship, which has successfully managed the organisation of the men's tennis tournament in Gstaad since 2006, J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad. Due to its unique setting and the excellent conditions offered to its competitors, this new tournament is one of the most prestigious events in the Swiss sports calendar.
Five Swiss women will be in contention to win the first edition, including Timea Bacsinszky from Vaud (WTA 9), still riding high from her magnificent performance at Roland-Garros, as well as the heroine of the Fed Cup in April 2016, Viktorija Golubic (WTA 130) and the Swiss revelation and winner of the junior title in Paris, Rebeka Masarova. Stefanie Voegele (WTA 103) and Patty Schnyder (WTA 399) have also confirmed their participation.
The Entry List of this clay tournament also reveals other well-known names: Spain's Carla Suárez Navarro (WTA 14), known for her fighting style of play and one-handed backhand. The 23-year-old Frenchwoman, Caroline Garcia (WTA 40), one of the rising stars on the circuit, is currently in 18th position on the season standings. With Holland's Kiki Bertens (WTA 58), a recent semi-finalist at Roland-Garros, and Germany's Julia Georges (WTA 57), spectators will be able to discover other stars on the WTA Tour.
