München, 09. Juli, 2025: NIIT Learning Systems Limited [NIIT Managed Training Services (NIIT MTS)] (Ticker Symbol: NIITMTS), a global leader in managed learning services, has completed the acquisition of Munich, Germany-based MST Group, a leader in managed learning services in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The company was acquired through NIIT MTS’ wholly owned subsidiary NIIT (Ireland) Limited for Euro 22.37 million, subject to certain adjustments as per the terms of the definitive agreements.
The transaction expands NIIT MTS’ presence in Europe’s fastest-growing region and increases market penetration in the automotive and industrial market segments while strengthening its portfolio of managed learning services with the addition of QuickStart Learning Academy capabilities. The addition of Hungary as a nearshore capability centre for Western Europe will improve NIIT MTS’ capability to offer onsite, multilingual services to its global clients.
Founded in 2009, MST Group employs over 100 people across Germany and Hungary. The acquisition adds seven market-leading automotive, industrial, and energy companies to NIIT MTS’ portfolio of Managed Training Services (MTS) clients bringing the overall number of MTS clients to more than 100.
The transaction will enable MST Group to bring NIIT MTS’ global reach and comprehensive, AI-enabled, end-to-end managed learning and consulting services to its clients.
Sapnesh Lalla, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director at NIIT MTS, said the deal represents a significant step in the company's European expansion strategy. "This strategic combination brings together MST Group's established leadership and deep sector expertise in the automotive, industrial and energy sectors with NIIT's global reach and comprehensive, AI-enabled, end-to-end managed learning & consulting services. Together, we will accelerate growth by combining regional excellence with global innovation and offer an expanded portfolio of services and domain expertise."
The acquisition expands NIIT MTS’ capability portfolio with the addition of QuickStart Learning Academies, powered by MST Group’s exTra platform. QuickStart Learning Academies enable the design and operation of agile, customisable, and global one-stop academy models to service the evolving learning and development needs of large global enterprises.
"We are excited to join forces with NIIT MTS to expand our impact and capabilities across the globe," said Lena Jentsch, Chief Executive Officer of MST Group. "Our shared commitment to excellence turbocharges growth opportunities for our business by offering best-in-class, AI-powered, global managed learning services to our clients.”
"MST Group is a significant addition to NIIT MTS’ family and marks a major next step in our global expansion strategy. Together, we’re setting out to reshape how companies achieve learning effectiveness at scale through future-ready managed learning services platforms” said Vijay K. Thadani, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, NIIT MTS.
The transaction enhances NIIT MTS’ competitive position in the European market while providing growth opportunities for both companies' client bases. The combined organisation will operate with over 2,500 learning professionals and more than 700 consultants across 32 countries, and a global network of over 5,500 learning providers and partners.
About NIIT Learning Systems Limited (NIIT MTS)
NIIT MTS is the trusted and award-winning L&D and talent partner for the world’s leading companies in over 30 countries. Established in 1981, NIIT MTS offers managed learning and strategic consulting services to solve the most complex challenges in learning, talent, skills, and workforce transformation. With a Net Promoter Score of 9/10 and a 100% renewal rate, NIIT MTS helps leading companies transform and reimagine their learning ecosystems while increasing the business value and impact of learning.
For more information, visit: www.niitmts.com
About mst group GmbH
MST Group GmbH, headquartered in Munich, Germany, delivers flexible, scalable, and high-quality managed learning services and solutions to meet a wide range of training needs. The company acts as a training organiser, a full-service provider for both internal and external learning programs, and the operator of a comprehensive, curated training platform. Since 2009, all continuing education services have been unified under the mst brand, enabling a fully integrated approach that seamlessly blends physical and digital learning experiences.
For more information, visit: https://www.mst-group.eu/en/
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Our goal was to develop the best management software for the daily training business – and thus offer our customers an even higher degree of process streamlining, quality standardisation, data purity and variety of offerings.
The result is our latest digital innovation: brAIn.
Based on our accumulated expertise from 15 years of training management, brAIn is an AI-supported, centralised data management software, that kills several birds with one stone. Where previously numerous Excel spreadsheets had to be juggled, today centralised data management and the automation of many individual work steps increase the efficiency and effectiveness of an increasingly complex training business.
Here, brAIn combines data storage and processing with the possibilities of a relational database – including links and automation between tables, forms, user rights, notifications and communication processes – and is therefore perfectly suited for cross-team collaboration between training management, portfolio management, supplier purchasing and accounting.
Errors caused by copy & paste or data imports are also a thing of the past. Instead, clearly defined structures and workflows enable much higher data quality than conventional Excel procedures. And even the connection of third-party solutions runs completely smoothly thanks to open interfaces.
Let's brAin together – with the MSP training management software from mst, which has been familiar with the needs of corporate L&D for 15 years.
As a service provider with the highest standards for our own performance, certifications are an integral part of our mst DNA, as they offer our customers more trust, increased security and better quality. Two prestigious certificates are of outstanding importance in this respect – and we are doubly pleased that we have been honoured with them again this year:
Recertified to ISO 9001.
We constantly document, track, measure and validate our performance, we prove compliance with legal and regulatory requirements for maximum legal security and we use recognised standards to continuously optimise our products, services and service quality – so that top performance in all our business areas is no coincidence.
Existing customers see this as confirmation of their cooperation with us – and new customers know what to expect right from the start: highest quality. The auditor from the QVZ (Verein zur Qualitätssicherung und Zertifizierung für den Mittelstand e.V.) also came to the conclusion that mst „fulfils the requirements of DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 to a high degree“.
TISAX Audit Level 2 completed.
In the automotive industry, the highest security standards apply not only to vehicle occupants, but also to the protection of sensitive data and general information security. This is why we have – successfully – completed the TISAX (Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange) Audit Level 2. This standardised procedure was developed by the VDA (German Association of the Automotive Industry) in collaboration with the ENX Association and verified by an external auditor.
‘We are delighted with this certification, as it offers our customers clear added value: They know that their highly sensitive data is in safe hands with us,’ says David Ullrich, CSMO of the mst group. Once again, we are emphasising our ambitions as a reliable and security-conscious service provider in the automotive industry.
The certification is valid until 26 March 2028. The result can be viewed in the TISAX portal under Scope ID S75677.
In November, mst moves into its new headquarters in Allach, in the north-west of Munich. There, on the former site of the Diamalt-Werke The Malt - a historic, but soon to be ultra-modern building complex that could hardly be better placed in terms of infrastructure.
For mst, the move to Allach means more than just a change of location - it is the beginning of a new era. In the best sense of New Work we will redefine the way we work at mst. An important role in this is played by 1000 Satellites: The established coworking brand has 1,500m2 Office space in The Malt - and will give us unprecedented flexibility in the future.
Lena Jentsch, Managing Direktor, mst Holding & mst group:
"The move to The Malt is another milestone in mst's recent growth story. The flexibility of the space and the modernity of the surroundings fit in very well with the face and character of the new mst."
Barbara Schindler, HR Manager, mst group:
"Especially with regard to the overall attractiveness of an employer brand, the mix of a remote working culture and this new work location with a community character is very important for retaining existing employees and inspiring new employees for mst - and The Malt is ideally suited to support us in this."
David Ullrich, Managing Director Sales, Marketing & Digital, mst group:
"We are at the beginning of an ultra-fast-moving AI world, and loft environments steeped in history are undoubtedly a very exciting environment in which to feel the coming, very strong changes even more intensively. The industrial age meets digital co-working - an office environment as a kind of time machine. The perfect motivation!"
We are looking forward to the new location, the new spirit - and the new mst!
Our new address as of November:
mst group GmbH
Am Münchfeld 59
80999 München
mst is becoming increasingly international: from summer 2024, we will be able to provide VAT-compliant invoicing in 6 more countries, adapted to the country-specific tax guidelines - once again demonstrating our potential as a full-service provider.
In terms of VAT compliance, we are setting new standards and offering our customers a real benefit: a single framework agreement with mst group GmbH - and it doesn't matter whether the client is based in Spain, we as a service provider in Germany and the participants in the USA.
We are starting with the following countries:
And many more will follow.
Rated as outstanding by those who really count - our employees.
We are delighted to have received the Top Company 2024 award, which only 5% of all companies on kununu achieve.
We will continue to do everything we can to ensure the satisfaction of our employees and are always happy to welcome new recruits. Become a part of this WE and shape the future with us.
We are (once again) forming the future!
True to our claim and with a lot of heart and soul in the preparation, we eagerly awaited the start of the MBF Bildungsgipfel.
For almost 2 days, mst employees together with nearly 170 corporate learning experts from well-known major brands and institutions from the DACH region advanced and prepared the future of corporate learning.
Indeed, the 50th anniversary summit of the Munich Bildungsgipfel had set itself the goal of simulating the world in 2044:
- How will corporate learning shape and influence our lives and work in 20 years?
- What could the value contribution of L&D within companies and in society then look like in concrete terms?
To find out, the education innovators and experts present "locked themselves away" in 6 thematically different future labs to jointly create knowledge synergies for inferential scenarios:
Finally, at the end of the event, a manifesto on continuing education in the workplace answered the question of what we need to do today to reach our goal in 2044.
As event organizer of the event we were looking forward to 2 exciting days, together with our co-sponsors IHK (provided premises in the IHK headquarters) as well as BSH (dinner) and of course the great MBF team around their CEO Kai Liebert.
Let´s Lab!
USA, Mexico, China...and now UK! The internationalization and establishment of new mst locations goes into the next round.
Among the TOP-3 countries with the highest training expenditures in Europe and home to large corporate companies, the UK can now also benefit from mst's highly flexible training partnering models. Our local, already existing UK trainer network will certainly help us to quickly gain a foothold in the beautiful island state. Based in Birmingham, in the middle of the south of England, where mst UK will be headquartered.
Left-hand traffic, here we come!
Start-ups are certainly among the most exciting events in the development of companies, for many reasons.
On the one hand, they are a clear signal both internally and externally of a strong desire for change and growth in markets that offer great potential for this. On the other hand, they are also a source of opportunities for all those employees who are always looking for new challenges. And last but not least, they form the foundation for a value-based, diverse and inclusive company through the addition of new cultural perspectives, ideas and talents. In short: start-ups are obligation, motivation, opportunity at the same time. And it is precisely for these reasons that we as mst have decided to start up - in countries that we have had our sights set on for our long-term strategy for some time now.
And because we find our start-ups incredibly exciting, we've made a little clip about them called "Sometimes you really don't know what to say".
Roll the film and have fun! mst goes overseas!
Investing intensively in compliance and customer satisfaction is an ongoing process at mst, and yet there exist some milestones: certifications and the very intensive audit processes that go with them.
And so, at the beginning of the year, we are proud to announce to our customers, partners and new interested parties that we have passed both the ISO 9001:2015 recertification (quality management), which is due every 3 years, and the TISAX certification (information security), which was initiated by the VDA (Association of the German Automotive Industry) on the basis of ISO 27001, with very good results.
Certifications and compliance with measurable management, employee and equipment standards are by no means a bureaucratic monster for us. On the contrary, they are a very important part of our entrepreneurial attitude and corporate culture. Certifications make us fit for the present and future of the digital age and give us competitive advantages in several areas, such as cybersecurity, employee recruiting, new customer acquisition, and innovative capability. To sum it up: certifications are an integral part of mst's quality DNA, which motivates and drives us forward every day.
And so we have already targeted the next mst certification. Stay tuned! ... 🙂
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the accompanying compliance agencies for their intensive, trusting and good cooperation:
Registered participants can view our mst TISAX results at:
Participant ID: mst group GmbH (PTF7H5)
Scope ID: ST6XCX
Assessment ID: AX9V5R-1
