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ÅF Pöyry launches a plastics reduction consulting service
In ER&D’ world of embedded systems, IoT, analytics, and EVs, ÅF Pöyry’s new consulting service comes as fresh air.
Introducing Sweco
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KPIT returns to the stock market
Last week, KPIT Technologies, returned to India’s BSE and NSE. The company now has a market cap of approximately USD 410m with its share was introduced at a price of INR 99 and traded in the past few days between INR 103 and INR 115. KPIT has succeeded in its IPO and is now an ER&D service pure-play having sold its IT services business to Birlasoft.
Altran phases out the Aricent brand
Altran has phased out the Aricent brand in North America and now trades under the Altran brand. The company highlights it now has three primary brands: Aricent for its core ER&D services, Cambridge Consultants for its “innovation consulting” capabilities, and Frog for product design
How will 2019 look like for the ER&D services industry?
We are now entering the season for Q1 earnings, and as always we will look into changes in major trends. The state of the automotive industry will be an area we will be closely monitoring.
A few thoughts about Akka’s 2018 results
During its presentation of its 2018 results, Akka provided some light on key its priorities. Here is a summary of these priorities.
Accenture opens another Industry X.O “innovation center”, in Spain
Accenture has opened a new “Industry X.0 Innovation” center. The new center is located in Bilbao, Spain, once an industrial city that has grown significantly in the past twenty years.
What growth options is Assystem facing?
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Is ÅF Pöyry an ER&D service vendor?
Several readers reacted to the birth on February 22, 2019, of ÅF Pöyry. They argue that ÅF Pöyry has become a building engineering-centric firm and now shares more with the likes of Sweco, Arcadis, or SNC Lavallin in Canada, than with Altran, or HCL Tech.
Non-linear growth: what’s up with Ricardo’s Performance Products unit?
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ER&D services rankings: the winner is…
We have created an interim ranking of the top ten ER&D service vendors. Several large ER&D
Assystem Technologies rebrands as Expleo
Assystem Technologies and all its affiliates, including SQS, have rebranded as Expleo. The term Expleo refers
Spotlight on Luxoft’s ER&D services capabilities: Digital Enterprise
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KPIT reborn!
KPIT quietly finalized its merger with the privately-owned Birlasoft. The new company is now called Birlasoft and will be an IT service pure-play. Birlasoft has carved out its automotive engineering business that will be called KPIT.
Volkswagen and Ford to work together on commercial vehicles
As expected, Volkswagen and Ford have provided some detail on their long-awaited partnership. Ford will design and build mid-sized pickups for Volkswagen, with the first vehicles ready in 2022. It will also build large commercial vans, while Volkswagen will develop a city van. In addition, the two firms intend to work together on mobility services, EVs and autonomous vehicles.
Why onshore ER&D service vendors must pro-actively become India-centric
It is striking to see how few onshore ER&D service vendors have built a significant Indian or nearshore presence. Onshore vendors do acknowledge that the Indian ER&D service vendors grow faster than they do but argue that most of the Indian vendors service U.S. clients or industries (mostly, ISVs, technology vendors and telecom equipment manufacturers) they do not quite address.
GlobalLogic Aiming to Triple Revenues by 2022
In an interview with Indian business paper the Economic Times, GlobalLogic expressed its intentions to reach
QuEST: Growth Ambitions in Germany
QuESTGlobal Services has big ambitions in Germany, where it intends to double its headcount in the