California-based Juniper Networks is planning a major expansion to its research and development center in Bangalore, India. The company will add 750 seats and 450 equipment racks at a new site (Prestige Exora Business Park) in Bangalore over the next two years. The company currently has 1,800 staff members and...
Nestle to invest in research and development in India
Swiss food and consumer goods giant Nestlé will open a research and development center in Manesar, Haryana, south of India’s capital city, where it will use local ingredients and spices, as well as low-cost Indian research and engineering to make products for India as well as other countries. According to...
Chennai a viable location for global engineering, product development
Many large foreign companies have chosen Chennai over other locations for their engineering staff. Visteon, Caterpillar, Nissan-Renault, Vestas, Kone, FLSmidth, Nokia, Ericsson, Flextronics, Alcatel, Tessolve, Sanmina-SCI corporation have R&D or product development centers in and around Chennai. For example Visteon India MD, A Viswanathan said that the Visteon technical and...
Indian Engineers Step up Innovation
Engineers in India, working for Indian and foreign companies, are starting to produce innovative products and technologies that have impact beyond its borders. One such development is a system that uses thermal sensors and algorithms to calculate the number of people entering a store at a given time and when...
India patent and research paper production rises
India’s global position in the field of scientific research, as measured by the number of research papers published has improved from 13th position in 1996 to 10th position in 2009 as per the Scopus International database. The number of patent applications for new inventions filed at Indian Patent Office by...
National Instruments Captive Center files global patents from India
Austin, Texas based National Instruments is making India one of its key R&D centers, with a 40 per cent increase in investments in its Bangalore facility. Phil Hester, Senior Vice President of R&D said, “The India R&D center is one of the strategic growth areas for National Instruments. We plan...