Press Release

Global IT company INCAT, part of India’s Tata Group, has expanded into the British Midlands by opening new offices in Coventry

Chennai, 25 August: The move is helping to create a number of new engineering and IT job opportunities in the area, especially as the firm has landed a new contract to help Jaguar Land Rover – now owned by Tata – to reconfigure its IT systems following its disposal by Ford.

Jaguar Land Rover has appointed to help with the process of transferring IT applications from Ford to the new standalone company. The contract, which runs until 2013, will see INCAT help with the transition of more than 1,000 IT applications from Ford to the new company.

The complex programming work will involve a team of up to 100 INCAT staff, including project managers, functional analysts and technical experts working alongside JLR and Ford IT staff to complete the transfer, which is expected to take up to 18 months.The INCAT team will be based at Land Rover’s Lode Lane site in Solihull for the duration of the work.

The contract has a second part which will see INCAT provide ongoing technical support for the transitioned applications for the next five years. This will involve a team of approximately 250 INCAT staff, located both in the Coventry area and offshore at INCAT’s delivery centre in Pune, and will leverage support from its parent, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

The INCAT team will gain expertise of the applications from the current support providers at Ford, and then manage the ongoing provision of support to equivalent service levels. Both activities reinforce INCAT’s expansion of facilities and resources in the British Midlands.

Commenting on this priority for the Indian companies, Mrs Chandrika Shah, Country Representative, British Midlands said, “This is a great outcome for both INCAT and Jaguar Land Rover, as well as for All Indian companies looking to invest in the British Midlands as it will help with the all IT related Engineering and Development and can provide technical experts as well as analytical help within the area of expertise. INCAT offers the most robust and complete set of service provisions to meet our needs with the least risk. Recognising that INCAT is also owned by Tata, we have been particularly sensitive to the need to treat them as we would any other vendor.”

She further added, “No advantageous insight has been available to the INCAT team, who worked with us in a very professional manner throughout the research phase.”

About INCAT

INCAT is a Tata Technologies company. Founded in 1989, the Company is a leading international provider of engineering and design (E&D) services to the world’s largest automotive, aerospace and durable goods manufacturers. INCAT is focused on services and solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), creating value for its clients by combining state-of-the-art technology and a pragmatic approach to engineering and manufacturing processes to reduce costs and time to market.

INCAT is headquartered in the UK (London) and in North America (Detroit). Tata Technologies is headquartered in Pune, India. The organizations have a combined work force of more than 3,000 employees serving clients worldwide from facilities in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

About the British Midlands

The British Midlands is an organisation, dedicated to attracting international businesses to the region. The central location of the British Midlands region gives easy access to European markets and provides a gateway to North America. Out of a total population of 9.5 million over 4.2 million constitute diverse, highly skilled and dedicated workforce present in the British Midlands of which a significant proportion of the population are employed in the manufacturing sector alone.

Link: www.thebritishmidlands.com/ap

Corporate Voice|Weber Shandwick
Rhea D’Souza/Danielle Gracias
+91 9820123887/ +91 9819180717
rhea@corvoshandwick.co.in/dgracias@corvoshandwick.co.in

British Midlands Country Representative
Chandrika Shah
+91 9820129971
chandrikashah@thebritishmidlands.com.

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