Smiths Aerospace partners with HCL Technologies to open development center in India

HCL Technologies Ltd has announced that SMITHS Aerospace, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, on February 27, 2007 officially opens a Development Center in Chennai, India with partner the Company. The development center is the result of an agreement between Smiths Aerospace and the Company that was signed on December 20, 2006. Under the agreement, the Company will provide the resources and management at the center with 60 assigned positions for engineering services.

Mike Taylor, vice president, Supply Chain for Smiths Aerospace officially opened the development center. The center is located at Plot No. 94, South Phase, Ambattur Industrial Estate in Chennai, where work will commence immediately.

Mike Taylor said: "With the Development Center, HCL facilities and personnel are dedicated to Smiths which results in increased efficiency due to the familiarization of our projects and processes. Our partnership with HCL results in the time, cost, and quality benefits that we expect from a successful sourcing business."

Smiths Aerospace supply routes from the Far East and India are geared toward building an infrastructure in these locations where it makes sense for customers and as a mechanism for absorbing new business growth. The center is the result of a successful and growing relationship between Smiths Aerospace and HCL which began in 2005.

Source : Equity Bulls

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