Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation and Infotech Enterprises Ltd. officials have inaugurated a new engineering center for aircraft systems software and electronics analysis, design and development in Bangalore.Hamilton Sundstrand is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
Hamilton Sundstrand President Alain Bellemare and Infotech Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mohan Reddy hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at Infotech’s Bangalore offices on April 6.
Hamilton Sundstrand selected Infotech as its supplier for the Embedded Systems Software and Electronics (ESSE) center of excellence in December 2009. The ESSE center began operation in 2010 and now employs approx. 100 software and electronics engineers. The center could employ up to 300 people over the next few years.
“This new center of excellence builds on the relationship Hamilton Sundstrand established with Infotech in 2005,” said Bellemare. “We have found Infotech to be a great team player and we are confident this agreement will help us stay competitive in the global aerospace market.”
“We are very proud that Hamilton Sundstrand continues to place its trust in us,” said Infotech’s Reddy. “We are absolutely committed to meeting all of their expectations.”
With global headquarters in Hyderabad, India, Infotech has 8,000 associates across 30 locations. Infotech adopts a proactive approach to serve clients with best-in-class delivery centers in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Clients span multiple industries such as aerospace, consumer, energy, medical, heavy equipment, rail, semiconductor, telecom and utilities and include 22 'Fortune 500' and 27 'Global 500' blue chip organizations.
With 2010 sales of $5.6 billion, Hamilton Sundstrand is headquartered in Windsor Locks, Conn. Among the world's largest suppliers of technologically advanced aerospace and industrial products, the company designs, manufactures and services aerospace systems and provides integrated system solutions for commercial, regional, corporate and military aircraft. Hamilton Sundstrand has content on 80 percent of Western aircraft flying today. It is also a major supplier for international space programs.
United Technologies Corp., a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, is a diversified $54.3 billion global company made up of world-leading brands with histories of technological pioneering. United Technologies products include Carrier air conditioning equipment, Otis elevators, Sikorsky helicopters, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, UTC Fire & Security equipment and services, and Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace and industrial systems. United Technologies companies employ more than 4,000 people in India, across 113 offices, three factories and a research facility in 60 cities.