BANGALORE: Van Dorn Demag Corp., manufacturer and distributor of injection moulding machinery to the North American plastics processing industry, has announced that Infosys Technologies Ltd. "played a critical role as an engineering partner" for the IntElect Series, a line of all-electric drive injection moulding machines introduced in October at Plastics USA. This collaboration has reportedly helped Van Dorn Demag cut its product development cycle by 50 per cent.

Infosys has become an "invaluable" resource to Van Dorn Demag on all stages of development, from conceptual design through engineering and prototype development, for Van Dorn Demag's mission-critical new series of electric products. Infosys applied its Global Delivery Model to projects, using onsite and offshore teams of engineers to take advantage of a virtual 24-hour workday to compress the development time of products.

Infosys was chosen from a group of three vendors, based on an evaluation of the experience and knowledge of its engineers, to simply convert paper drawings to Pro/engineer models. Upon completion of that project, Van Dorn Demag gave Infosys to design a vertical injection-moulding machine.

"The IntElect series represents Van Dorn Demag's strategic entry into the electric machine market and is therefore vital to our company's success," said Dave Udovich, vice president of product technology and quality for Van Dorn Demag. "Infosys played a significant role in all phases of design of this product line, and has met our expected timelines and levels of quality for each phase."