DELTA International CITS

What DELTA International CITS does

DELTA International CITS GmbH is a privately held German translation and localization services company headquartered in Bonn, founded in 1998 by former executives of localization pioneer Translingua. It operates as a subsidiary of the SimulTrans Group and delivers project-based translation, localization, transcreation, terminology management, quality assurance, content consulting, and audio production services, primarily to enterprise and mid-market customers including Global Players, Hidden Champions, political organizations, and public authorities. Core verticals served include industrial/manufacturing, software/IT, and organizations with international marketing needs, with named customers such as Freudenberg, Yale, EWM, Hyster, and Dormakaba.

The company's technology stack centers on SimulTracker, a customer-facing project management portal (inherited from the SimulTrans Group) that supports file upload, cost estimation, status tracking, translated file delivery, and business intelligence reporting, and that exposes a REST API for direct integration with customer CMS and version control systems. Translation work is executed using AI-based translation management via Phrase TMS (formerly Memsource), industry-standard CAT tools (SDL Studio, SDL Passolo, IBM Translation Manager/OpenTM2, Smartling, XTM) for translation memory and terminology consistency, and machine translation where appropriate, with deep integration expertise for WordPress, Typo 3, MadCap Flare, and Schema ST4 authoring environments. DELTA holds ISO 17100:2015 certification for translation service quality.

Commercially, DELTA runs a sales-led, project-based professional services model. Pricing is quote-driven and not publicly disclosed, services are requested via online quote forms or direct contact with project managers, and contracts are typically multi-year. The company is led by Managing Director Robert Flanagan, maintains a bilingual German/English web presence, and supports paid search and remarketing demand generation alongside organic and direct channels. No venture funding, M&A activity, or public financial disclosures appear in the available data.

Name

DELTA International CITS

Legal name

DELTA International CITS GmbH

Website

https://dicits.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DELTA International CITS GmbH is a Bonn-based, privately held translation and localization services provider, founded in 1998 as a subsidiary of the SimulTrans Group, serving enterprise and mid-market industrial, software, and international-marketing clients with project-based, ISO 17100-certified services delivered through its SimulTracker portal and CAT/MT tooling.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bonn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Translation Services: Core translation services including technical translations, marketing translations, SEO translations, and continuous/phased translation with continually updated content. Services are project-based and quote-driven, with pricing determined upon request.
2. Localisation Services: Localisation of software, websites, and video content to other languages, adapting products linguistically and culturally to international target markets.
3. Transcreation Services: Creative translation of strategic marketing and corporate messaging to other languages, preserving intent, style, and tone while adapting to target market cultural requirements.
4. Terminology Management Services: Terminology solutions from simple glossaries to professional terminology management, including terminology extraction, consolidation, and multilingual terminology database creation and hosting.
5. Quality Assurance and Content Consulting: Quality assurance services, content consulting, and audio production in technical documentation, software, multimedia, marketing, corporate communications, Internet publishing, websites, and e-learning.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DELTA International CITS is a Bonn-based provider of translation, localisation, transcreation, and terminology management services, founded in 1998. The company delivers multilingual communication across all major world languages through a network of native-speaking translators, serving industrial, software/IT, marketing, and public-sector clients. Its offering is supported by the SimulTracker customer portal, Phrase TMS, and industry-standard CAT tools, with services quality-assured under ISO 17100.

Product overview

DELTA International CITS is a translation and localisation services provider offering a comprehensive portfolio built around SimulTracker (their customer project management portal) and Phrase TMS (AI-based translation management system). The core service offering comprises four translation types (Technical, Marketing, SEO, and Continuous Translation) and four localisation types (Software, Website, Video Localisation, plus Transcreation and Terminology Management). These services are delivered through CAT tools including SDL Studio, SDL Passolo, IBM Translation Manager/OpenTM2, Smartling, and XTM, with SimulTracker providing API connectivity to customer CMS and version control systems for seamless project integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SimulTracker Customer-facing project management portal that lets clients upload files, request and confirm cost estimates, check project status, and download translated files, with business-intelligence reporting on translation volume and costs.
• Technical Translations Qualified translation of technical content from industry and IT into any language worldwide, covering technical documentation, assembly instructions, safety fact sheets, manufacturer declarations, and construction plans.
• Marketing Translations Translation of marketing, advertising, sales support, and PR texts including promotional materials, press materials, newsletters, press releases, case studies, and technical articles.
• SEO Translations Search engine optimised translations using comprehensive SEO tools and strategies to ensure content visibility and high rankings in search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing.
• Continuous Translation Professional services for phased translation projects with continually updated content, combining efficient terminology management with experienced translators to keep texts current across all target languages.
• Software Localisation Transfer of programs and applications to other languages, including consulting on international-market design, debugging, beta versions, testing, and localisation of accompanying materials in web-based formats or Windows Help.
• Website Localisation Transfer of websites and digital content to other languages, with focus on linguistic and cultural specifics of international target markets and omni-channel communication requirements.
• Video Localisation Transfer of moving images to other languages, covering linguistic and cultural particulars of international target markets for product videos, image films, and use cases.
• Transcreation Transfer of strategic marketing and corporate messaging to other languages, combining language, topic, and cultural expertise to preserve intent, style, and tone across digital and analogue media.
• Terminology Management Tailor-made terminology solutions ranging from simple glossaries to professional terminology management, including terminology guidelines, extraction, consolidation, bilingual glossaries, and multilingual terminology database creation and hosting.
• Phrase TMS AI-based translation management system (formerly Memsource) that optimises localisation processes with a browser-based interface allowing all parties to view project status and providing detailed client review options.

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SimulTrans GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDELTA is a subsidiary of the SimulTrans Group, providing timely and business-oriented translation and localisation services. As part of the group, DELTA has access to SimulTracker, the group's project management system used by customers to manage and view projects, request cost estimates, check project status, and download translated files.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Smartling: Translation management platform with managed localization services, focused on software and website localization—directly comparable to DELTA's software/website localization offerings using Phrase TMS.
• Lionbridge: One of the world's largest language service providers offering translation, localization, and interpretation to enterprise and mid-market clients across technical, marketing, and software verticals—a near-perfect direct competitor to DELTA.
• Pangeanic: Mid-sized language service provider offering translation, localization, and MT/custom AI solutions—comparable to DELTA on technical/marketing translation and proprietary technology investments.
• RWS Group (formerly SDL): Global language services and localization company combining translation services (formerly SDL Language Services) with Trados translation-memory software—overlaps DELTA's portfolio of technical/marketing translation and CAT-tool expertise.
• Translated SRL: Ai-driven LSP combining human translators with MT for technical, marketing, and software localization—competes head-on with DELTA on workflow automation and ISO-quality translation.
• Welocalize: Large LSP providing translation, localization, and interpretation for global brands across industrial, software, and marketing content; directly comparable in service mix and customer segment.
• Morningside Translations: Certified translation agency focused on enterprise and legal/life-sciences content, comparable to DELTA's enterprise technical translation and ISO-certified positioning.
• LanguageLine Solutions: Large provider of interpretation and translation services for enterprise, government, and public-sector clients; overlaps DELTA's enterprise/government vertical translation and localization portfolio.
• SimulTrans Group: Parent organization of DELTA and provider of translation and localization services with similar tools (SimulTracker), targeting similar enterprise and mid-market clients globally. Most directly comparable as the group-level service offering.

Broad incumbents

• DeepL: German-headquartered neural machine translation provider widely used by enterprises and LSPs; not a direct LSP but represents the dominant MT alternative that DELTA may incorporate or compete against for raw translation throughput.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dicits

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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