Siemens Building Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of Siemens Ltd, has set up its first Graphics and Engineering Centre of Competence in India, at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
The new centre will provide engineering, design, software configuration and graphics development services that will be delivered remotely for building automation projects of building technologies in domestic as well as Asia-Pacific markets.
Addressing a press conference in Chennai, Anand Mecheri, CEO & MD, SBTPL, said, "The centre will serve as a hub that addresses unique requirements of the building technologies division in both domestic and international markets.
Commenting on setting up of the centre in India, Andreas Schierenbeck, CEO, Building Automation Business Unit of the Building Technologies Division, said, "India emerged as a preferred destination for setting up the centre; principally because of its inherent strengths including talented manpower and an efficient cost proposition. Our aim is to build a world-class engineering development centre that will own and drive outstanding engineering developments for the building automation and management systems."