Infosys BPO Expands Global Presence with New Center in the Netherlands
Bangalore, India; Eindhoven, Netherlands - November 8, 2013: Infosys BPO, the
business process outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys, today announced the opening
of a new delivery center in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The 120- seat center
strengthens Infosys BPO's global footprint and reinforces its position in
Europe.
Highlights
* Infosys BPO will leverage the new center to deliver critical business
processes such as finance and accounting and other high value services for
its global clients, and provide end-to-end outsourcing services in Dutch,
English, French and German.
* The new center will also enable Infosys BPO to respond quickly and
efficiently to client needs for accelerated solutions across the EMEA
region.
* The favorable business environment created by the Netherlands Foreign
Investment Agency (NFIA), the Brabant Development Agency (BOM) and
Brainport Development, coupled with the availability of a highly competent
and skilled workforce with multi-linguistic capabilities, make Eindhoven an
ideal location for Infosys BPO's new delivery center.
Quotes
Lars de Vries, Project Manager Foreign Investments, Brabant Development Agency
(BOM):
"For Eindhoven and Brabant, Infosys investment means a great mix of retaining
existing jobs along with the prospect of fresh employment opportunities created
by the company. This compelling combination of providing services and
high-quality jobs will undoubtedly attract similar interest from other
international companies."
Gautam Thakkar, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys BPO:
"The new center will serve as a regional hub for Infosys BPO. It strengthens
our ability to cater to client needs across functions, languages and time zones
quickly and with greater flexibility. The availability of a talented workforce
and a positive environment fostered by the government makes the Netherlands an
attractive destination for us. Our team in Eindhoven will play a key role to
accelerate innovation and transformation for our clients across industries."
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About the Brabant Development Agency (BOM)
BOM Foreign Investments is part of the Brabant Development Agency (BOM),
established in 1983 and funded by the Dutch government and the province of
Brabant. At BOM Foreign Investments we believe that investing in Brabant, the
Netherlands is the solution for foreign companies looking to optimally invest
in Europe; and we strive to make it happen. We facilitate all aspects of
foreign direct investment in Brabant by offering personalized guidance through
the site selection process and providing relevant and up-to-date information
and links to our extensive network; services we continue to provide to
companies with an established presence in Brabant. BOM is based in Tilburg and
has a staff of 60. For more information please visit http://
www.foreigninvestments.eu.
About Infosys
Infosys is a global leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing solutions.
We enable clients, in more than 30 countries, to stay a step ahead of emerging
business trends and outperform the competition. We help them transform and
thrive in a changing world by co-creating breakthrough solutions that combine
strategic insights and execution excellence.
Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY), with $7.4B in annual
revenues and 160,000+ employees, is Building Tomorrow's Enterprise® today.
About Infosys BPO
Infosys BPO Ltd. (www.infosysbpo.com), the business process outsourcing
subsidiary of Infosys Ltd., was set up in April 2002. Infosys BPO focuses on
integrated end-to-end outsourcing and delivers transformational benefits to its
clients through reduced costs, ongoing productivity improvements, and process
reengineering. Infosys BPO operates in India, Poland, the Czech Republic, the
Netherlands, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, the United States,
China, the Philippines, Japan and Australia, and as of September 30, 2013,
employed 28,277 people. It closed FY 2012-13 with revenues of $583.1 million.
Safe Harbor
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are
forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such
forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these
statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding
fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability
to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors
which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to
attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on
fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on
immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to manage our
international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas,
disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our ability to
successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for
damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys
has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal
incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on
raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of
our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our
industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are
more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission
filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2013 and on Form 6-K for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. These
filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make
additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements
contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and our reports to shareholders. The company does not undertake to update any
forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf
of the company unless it is required by law.
For more information, contact
David Van Der Merwe Monique Beukers
Infosys BPO BOM
Phone: +31655156473 Phone: +31 624747559
David_Vdmerwe@infosys.com mbeukers@bom.nl
Sarin Menoky Chaitali Pishay
Infosys BPO The Practice
Phone: +91 9972585052 Phone: +91 9379917540
sarin_menoky@infosys.com chaitali@the-practice.net
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