French auto manufacturer Groupe PSA has opened its India Technical Centre in Chennai One, part of one of the Chennai Special Economic Zones.
The company claims this technical centre will enable unified workforce for the group to accelerate further in the country.
The India Technical Centre will play a key role in the smoother and more efficient working of the employees of PSA India, claims the automaker in a release.
The company believes working together as one single team in a large open space will boost the capacity of the group to accelerate further in India.
Emmanuel Delay, executive VP & head of India-Pacific, Groupe PSA, said, “The new India Technical Centre [ITC] is an important step for the development of Groupe PSA in India, and is definitely an asset to grow the Group’s business in the India & Pacific region.”
He also said, “This is part of our strategy to develop a global network of state-of-the-art technical centre, strategically positioned in India, to support a customer-oriented agenda. With the new centre, we’re focusing our investment in creating a cohesive work environment to accelerate our growth.”
He further added, “This unified approach will improve the speed, efficiency and effectiveness of our employees while enabling us to address evolving consumer needs more quickly in the future. Our investment in ITC further emphasizes the importance of India to our global business.”
Eric Apode, senior VP, PCA Motors India, said, “The new India Technical Centre is the next strategic step for Groupe PSA in India. It will allow the group to accelerate quickly its growth in India, through the development of new products and deployment of our strategy in and outside India. The area around our new centre is popular for housing dozens of international and Indian companies, this gives the Groupe strong confidence in attracting Indian talent to the new ITC.”
He further added, “The Monozukuri philosophy, the art of creating objects in an efficient and effective way is now taking shape with our new India Technical Center, which will benefit group operations domestically and globally.”