Soutron Global is majority owned by Bloom Equity Partners.

Breeding, Marshall. Soutron Global merges Businesses. February 2022. Library Technology Newsletter. Soutron Global, a company that specializes in technology products and services for corporate, law, and other special libraries, entered into a new business arrangement. This transaction combined two related companies, Soutron Limited, based in the United Kingdom and Soutron Global, based in the United States. Bloom Equity Partners gains majority ownership of the company through a new investment. Soutron Global founder Tony Saadat will hold a minority ownership stake in the combined company which he will lead as Chief Executive Officer.

Breeding, Marshall. Soutron Global: New Competition in Special Library Automation. April 2012. Smart Libraries Newsletter. Industry veteran Tony Saadat has launched a new company Soutron Global that will specialize in providing library automation solutions for special libraries in the United States and Canada. This new company was founded in partnership with Soutron Limited, a UK-based company that has been involved in various aspects of special library automation since 1985. The companies will evolve toward a unified organization with its global headquarters in Encinitas, California.

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October 21, 2025. Soutron Global announces leadership transition and continued growth through investments in products and services. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management and digital preservation solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge hubs, has announced that Brad Frasher has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective October 6, 2025, succeeding Tony Saadat, who will be transitioning into an advisory role continuing to support the company and leadership team.

September 16, 2025. Auto-Graphics, a Soutron Global Company, showcases SHAREit innovation and user-driven enhancements. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management and preservation solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge centers, is proud to highlight recent advances to Auto-Graphics' SHAREit, the industry's most trusted Interlibrary Loan and resource-sharing platform. These enhancements follow feedback from recent highly productive User Group meetings, where engaged ILL resource-sharing leaders have helped shape the future of the industry's most trusted interlibrary loan solution.

August 19, 2025. Soutron Global to unveil new archives and digital preservation ecosystem at the Society of American Archivists Conference. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management and preservation solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge management hubs, announces the company will be showcasing their new archives and digital preservation ecosystem at the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual Meeting, August 25–26, 2025 at the Hilton in Anaheim, California, USA.

July 15, 2025. SHAREit, now a Soutron Global product, upgraded with multi-lender list capabilities. Soutron Global, now the largest provider of resource sharing SaaS solutions in North America, announces a powerful new enhancement to Auto-Graphic's SHAREit, improving ILL workflows: the Multi-Lender List feature, helping to further streamline and strengthen interlibrary load fulfillment. Designed to simplify borrowing while dramatically increasing the success rate of loan fulfillment, this new functionality adds a strategic layer of flexibility that empowers libraries to meet user needs faster—with less manual effort.

July 8, 2025. Soutron Global exhibiting at third legal library conference in 2026: AALL. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management and preservation solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge management hubs, announces the company is exhibiting at their third legal conference of the year, the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) conference, being held in Portland, OR, July 19-22, Booth #725.

June 11, 2025. Soutron 4.2 accelerates the complete modernization of Soutron Administrative Workflow Sequences. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management and preservation solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge management hubs, announces the release of Soutron 4.2., accelerating the redesign and modernization of administration workflow sequences. This latest release provides significant benefits to knowledge hub information managers, special librarians and corporate archivists, particularly in environments where efficiency, knowledge sharing, information governance, compliance, and information access are of paramount importance.

June 5, 2025. Why 98 percent retention: Soutron Global's strategic mergers forge a new era for archives, libraries and museums. Soutron Global is stepping forward with bold strategic moves designed to meet the challenges and rising expectations outlined in the recently published Library Systems Report and the associated 2025 Perceptions Survey, both authored by esteemed library industry consultant Marshall Breeding. As noted in the articles, with the 2024 acquisition of MINISIS Inc. and newly acquired public library provider Auto-Graphics, Inc., Soutron Global is poised to redefine what's possible for information management at archives, knowledge hubs, libraries and museums. These strategic acquisitions, backed by Bloom Equity Partners and Atlasview Equity Partners, position Soutron Global as a unified information management authority. With a combined 98% client retention rate, together Soutron Global, MINISIS, and Auto-Graphics unite decades of experience, innovation and excellence in client services, reflecting a shared deep commitment to delivering future-ready technologies backed by dedicated support.

May 20, 2025. Lucideon transforms global knowledge access with Soutron-powered Lucideon Online Information Service (LOIS). Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management and preservation solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge management hubs, is proud to announce that Lucideon, a world-leading materials science consultancy, has successfully transformed its information management and library services with Soutron Library Management Software. The new Lucideon Online Information Service has enhanced access to the company's vast knowledge resources for clients and staff worldwide, significantly enhancing their ability to support their clients across various industries.

May 13, 2025. Soutron Global unveils Guide to Navigating Organizational Information Management and Digital Preservation Strategies. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management and preservation solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge management hubs, announces the availability of a new resource that compares the strengths and weaknesses of CMS, DAM, ILS, CAM, AMS, file sharing, and preservation solutions. This resourceful article is designed to help information professionals make informed choices about how they store, access, and preserve critical digital content.

May 1, 2025. IMLS and LSTA slashing your library funding? SHAREit offers a lifeline: cut costs or cut services, the choice is yours. As federal IMLS and LSTA funding comes under threat, libraries across the country are facing hard choices. Soutron Global, a leader in SaaS-based information, library, archive, museum management and resource-sharing systems, is stepping in with game-changing offers that promise to slash ILL/Resource Sharing costs, ensuring libraries can continue to thrive despite financial constraints.

Jan 2012 Soutron Global founded by Tony Saadat
Tony Saadat, President and CEO of Soutron Global and Graham Beastall, Founder and Managing Director of Soutron Limited, had first worked together at Sydney Development Corporation in the mid-80s. Each has since become a high-profile, respected player in his own market: Tony in North America, and Graham in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. Soutron Global will become the world headquarters for the partnership, which will deliver innovative Library and Knowledge Management solutions

Feb 1991 Soutron Limited enters into an agreement with Inmagic to sell and support its products in the United Kingdom

Mar 02, 1989 Soutron Limited licenses Sydney Library System from Sydney Development Corporation
Soutron acquires a licence to resell and develop the Sydney Library System within the United Kingdom. Any code developed would be passed back to Sydney Development Corporation.

Jan 1989 Soutron Limited established
Soutron Limited was officially formed in January 1989. Soutron commenced trading on 2nd March 1989

2024 Soutron Global Accomplishments Narrative

Soutron Global acquired MINISIS Inc., a leading global software company for integrated Archive, Museum and Library management systems along with its Trusted Digital Repository. The acquisition is a testimony to Soutron Global’s strong commitment to growth and the archive, museum, library, and digital preservation markets. Soutron Global welcomes MINISIS clients to the Soutron Global family!

2024 saw the latest release of the fully web-based MINISIS CAMS product, a cultural asset management system for libraries, archives and museums. CAMS is based on the MINISIS DBMS and strongly supports customized data capture. CAMS is designed to provide a roadmap for existing MINISIS Windows and web clients to take advantage of the latest technologies. The MINISIS DBMS continues to receive updates to support new features and access techniques.

The MINISIS Trusted Digital Repository (TDR), a digital preservation system, received multiple updates to support preservation of a greater variety of digital assets.

Soutron Global continues initiatives to enhance its products via the use of AI tools. The latest plans include document summarization, natural language search and other similar initiatives.

New Soutron developments for 2024 include user-defined copy level fields that can be configured per record type, inline copy editing and brand-new administrative pages to make configuration more intuitive. Support for displaying book covers was improved in several ways, including additional book cover sources, matching to multiple ISBN values, and other new options. MARC record imports were improved by allowing multiple MARC configurations to support sources with different import rules. The Soutron API was updated to provide additional functionality, and many improvements were made to support Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Finally, support was added for the latest .Net Core technology.

Soutron Global continued strong sales growth, remaining a top contender in the legal, governmental and other market segments for library, archive and museum systems. Soutron Global continues to focus on its client-driven approach via the Client Advisory Group (CAG) and other live webinars and user group meetings. The CAG program, designed to listen to clients’ needs, was further enhanced by the rollout of new features on the helpdesk portal, allowing clients to submit change requests and vote on the priority of roadmap features.

Soutron Global’s Reseller Partner program remains an important channel to introduce our products to new and expanding markets and this has been enhanced by those channels operated by the MINISIS team. Soutron Authorized Business Partners continue to provide Soutron Global solutions in Africa, the Middle East and beyond.