Alten Group, a leading European company in the field of technology consulting and engineering, is looking at strengthening its presence in India. The company is planning increasing its headcount, and develop India as a major R & D hub. The business presently employs about 15,000 employees in 14 countries. In India they are planning to raise the head count from 800 to 2500 by 2016.
Alten Group will position its Indian design centers as a major hub for servicing customers in India and the APAC region apart from helping its global customers achieve greater R&D efficiency by leveraging engineering talent available in India. As a company focused on ER&D, Alten brings with it high-end engineering expertise in Aerospace, Automotive, Rail, Energy, Telecom and Healthcare, in areas like design of aero structures, avionics systems, low emission vehicles, HEVs, rolling stock, energy management systems and medical equipments. With its acquisition of Calsoft Labs, the Alten Group has expanded its expertise in India in telecom product engineering and cloud computing. Moving forward Alten aims to make strategic acquisitions in India in areas such as wireless communications, VLSI design, and big data analytics.
Alten Group plans to increase its Indian headcount up from the current 800+ engineers to 2500 engineers by 2016. These engineers will be engaged to service customers in high growth markets in India and overseas. Alten India will help its global customers achieve greater R&D efficiency by leveraging local talent from India.
Speaking on the occasion, Gerald Attia, Deputy CEO , Alten Group said, “Alten Group has witnessed huge success in outsourced ER&D in European markets. With large global businesses targeting emerging markets, India has become the epicenter for Alten Group’s growth in APAC region, and we are making significant investments in training our employees in specialized areas to be able to leverage the large engineering talent pool that is available here.”
Ramandeep Singh, CEO, Calsoft Labs said, “We are very excited to be part of the prestigious Alten Group. With Alten Group making significant investments in India, Calsoft Labs can look forward to an exciting phase of accelerated learning and growth in new technologies such as wireless infrastructure, cloud computing and BI.”
Source: Alten Group