NRW.INVEST News 2011-06

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WIPRO expands in
North Rhine-Westphalia

The Indian IT company opens a new European data center in Meerbusch.

Non-stop from Tokyo
to Düsseldorf

Lufthansa is bringing Japan and North Rhine-Westphalia even closer together: From the summer of 2012 the airline is offering direct flights from Düsseldorf to Tokyo six times a week.

UPS extends its logistics center at Cologne/Bonn Airport

The logistics company UPS is investing 144 million euros in the extension and modernization of its sorting center, thereby creating 200 new jobs.

Bayer and TU Dortmund are researching for the factory of
the future

The new research center INVITE, a landmark collaboration between research and industry, is being built at Leverkusen's Chempark.

"Smart Wheels" project networks the electric car

The Research Institute for Operations Management (FIR) at RWTH Aachen University has developed an overall concept for the seamless energy supply of electric car traffic.

Top researcher for top location
in Düsseldorf

The Australian Humboldt scholar Dr. Ross Marceau has chosen the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research in Düsseldorf as the location for his cutting-edge research in the field of light alloys and the development of new types of steel.

Georg Fischer Automotive invests 36 million euros in Mettmann

With the construction of a new production plant, Mettmann's biggest employer confirms its commitment to the location.

Record year for mechanical engineering in North Rhine-Westphalia

The VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau – German Engineering Foundation) North Rhine-Westphalia expects an 18.7 percent increase in sales for the current year.

Nisshinbo set to become the biggest Japanese employer
in North Rhine-Westphalia

Nisshinbo Holding (NISH) plans to take over the TMD Friction Group, pending antitrust decisions. The 440 million euro investment in the takeover will make NISH the world market leader for brake linings.

60 new jobs for Hagen

By using an innovative laser welding technology, automotive supplier Prevent TWB significantly reduces the weight of rear-seat backrests in vehicles.

WIPRO expands in North Rhine-Westphalia

The Indian IT company opens a new European data center in Meerbusch.

With the new European data center in Meerbusch, WIPRO has opened its third branch in North Rhine-Westphalia. The 15 million euro investment represents one of the biggest commitments by an Indian company in Europe. 150 jobs will be created here.

The data center was officially inaugurated in September. On an area of approximately 10,000 square meters, WIPRO provides its globally operating customers primarily with server capacity and outsourcing of IT services in Europe. "If a medium-sized company has 40 to 50 servers and wants to save costs, then it outsources them to us," explains Christian Eberhardt of WIPRO.

Besides the data center in Meerbusch, WIPRO Technologies GmbH operates branches in Cologne and Munich with approximately 450 employees. Throughout the world, the Indian parent company WIPRO Limited, the third-largest IT services exporter, employs around 120,000 people and supplies customers in 54 countries.