The 42000 sq feet centre will employ over 450 engineers
Thermo Fisher Scientific has opened a new R&D and Engineering facility – India Engineering Center (IEC). The new centre was inaugurated by Minister for Industries and Commerce, Government of Telangana KT Rama Rao. The newly expanded India Engineering Center (IEC) is part of Thermo Fisher’s R&D Center of Excellence in India and will bring an additional 140 new jobs to the region.
Thermo Fisher’s centre will employ over 450 engineers and vendor partners. The centre at Hyderabad is a 42,000 sq ft facility that includes the engineering labs and will support new product development and product sustenance for laboratory and analytical solutions for Thermo Fisher’s global sites. In addition, the facility will also attract top talent and open employment opportunities in the Telangana state.
Amit Chopra, MD, India and South Asia, Thermo Fisher Scientific, said, “The new infrastructure at Hyderabad is uniquely placed to drive technological advances and excellence in developing new products and solutions that strengthen our offering and leadership position in the research, industrial and clinical market. It is an extension of Thermo Fisher‘s philosophy that believes in leveraging our world-class infrastructure, scientific knowledge, expertise, and talent ecosystem to build intelligent solutions that have meaningful impact as we continue to work towards fulfilling our Mission, which is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.”
“Our Thermo Fisher Scientific India Engineering Center offers design expertise that enables growth of our business and delivers innovative products and technology to our customers. The IEC supports multiple business, products and processes with an extremely talented team model that is both scalable and flexible based on the specific business need. This investment is a testimony of our commitment to the IEC, their technology platforms, innovations and people,” said Michael Meguiar, VP, Operations, Laboratory Equipment, Thermo Fisher.
