Birmingham-based energy software developer Contigo has added another client to its burgeoning portfolio, having completed the sale of its flagship product to leading UK energy company E.ON Energy Solutions.

The company has purchased the Retail Energy Trading software package enTrader, allowing it to accurately measure and track how much energy they need to buy and trade against the level that its customers are using.

Simon Piercy, Director, Contigo, said: “The retail side of E.ON’s business is in the UK is quite complex, so our ability to provide a modular system that emphasises ease of use was a very attractive proposition. enTrader has been designed to operate across front, middle and back office functions, providing an all-in-one package.”

“While Contigo is relatively new to the market, our impressive customer feedback and growing portfolio of influential clients both here and overseas demonstrates the strength of our products.  I am exceedingly pleased that E.ON Energy Solutions has chosen to use enTrader and hope that we will continue to work together in the future.”

E.ON Energy Solutions supplies electricity and gas to about 5 million customers throughout the UK.

Lee Waterhouse, Head of Portfolio Management, E.ON Energy Solutions, said: “Today’s energy markets are becoming increasingly complex and to ensure that we are providing our customers with the best possible service, we need to be using the best possible systems.

“enTrader’s modular structure and extremely user-friendly interface allows us to adapt it to our specific requirements and get to grips with it extremely quickly. We have been very impressed with the strength of feedback received from Contigo’s other customers regarding enTrader and are confident that this will provide us with a complete solution.”

This news marks Contigo’s continued emergence as a supplier of choice for the energy industry and follows the recent announcement of its first overseas client, in the form of French energy firm Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR).

For more information, visit www.contigoenergy.com.