AMI Tech sets up R&D centre in Hyd

AMI Technologies, the IT arm of Mumbai-based AMI Industries Private Limited that provides end-to-end automation solutions to large-scale business enterprises and SMEs, has opened its R&D centre in Hyderabad, at an investment of $5 million (around Rs 20 crore).

Housing dedicated hardware labs, the 120-seat facility will provide back-end support to the company's business process outsourcing (BPO) and digitisation projects.

"We also plan to scale up the facility's activity up to a 1,000-seat capacity to provide support as a help desk facility to financial institutions, telecom providers and technical assistance to consumers of multinationals by the end of 2008," Bhabu Prakash, vice-president (business development and projects), AMI Technologies, said here on Friday.

AMI would recruit 300 professional from Andhra Pradesh for its BPO and digitisation projects in 2008. Plans are also afoot to open branches in the US, Germany, Singapore and Malaysia in the coming year, he added. AMI currently has branches in Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata and Dubai.