L&T Technology Services on Wednesday inaugurated its Engineering Research & Development (ER&D) centre in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), marking its third nearshore global design centre in two quarters.
The ER&D centre in Toronto will initially focus on developing digital solutions for the transportation sector, including railway engineering, for a global aerospace & rail major, a press release from L&T stated.
The area of specialisation would also cover rail track defect detection, advanced mobility solutions, digital asset management, digital flyboard, sensors and communications systems.
Moreover, with plans to hire over 100 engineers in the next 18-24 months, the centre will cater to LTTS’ Canada-based clients for developing cutting-edge solutions in Digital Products and act as a nearshore site for North America-based customers to enable transformative, new-age initiatives in digital engineering.
Amit Chadha, CEO and Managing Director, L&T Technology Services, inaugurated the centre in the presence of Chris Pogue, CEO, Thales Canada; Ziad Rizk, COO of Ground Transportation Systems (GTS), Thales Canada; Apoorva Srivastava, Consul General, India, Victor Fedeli, Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and Alind Saxena, Chief Sales Officer, LTTS.
Chadha noted that LTTS is committed to building exciting opportunities in the Canadian business ecosystem while strategically expanding its North American footprint.
Rizk said that with the vision to invest in new-age digital technologies in the railway engineering sector, Ground Transport System is delighted to partner with an ER&D leader like LTTS in Canada.
Fedeli said, “The City of Toronto is known to be the fastest-growing city in North America due to its thriving technology ecosystem. We are delighted to welcome an industry leader like LTTS into our community and envision technological advancements and development of local talent through their ER&D centre.”
Manish opined that the inauguration of this ER&D centre is a big step towards further strengthening the relations between the two countries and promoting the Canada-India economic corridor.
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