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Hexaware opens development facility in Mexico

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MUMBAI: Hexaware Technologies, a global provider of IT and BPO services based in India, inaugurated its second Development center in Saltillo, Mexico. The center was inaugurated in the presence of Rinzing Wangdi, the Indian Ambassador to Mexico.

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Hexaware launched its operations in Saltillo, Mexico with the acquisition of FocusFrame in 2006. FocusFrame, a specialized testing services firm, has over 100 employees, located at the development center in Saltillo. Besides the centers in Mexico, Hexaware also has Global Delivery Centers in – Mumbai, Chennai, Pune and Delhi in India and Bad Homburg in Germany.

“Our earlier experience with an established center in Mexico has given us the confidence to expand our operations in Saltillo. Hexaware has been successful in establishing Proximity centers which allow us to be more responsive to the client’s requirements. With beneficial factors like proximity as well as the same time zone to North America, we believe that the Saltillo Center will give us the ability to serve the US and Canada market with greater efficiency. We are likely to hire about 1000 employees from Mexico in the next 3 years,” said Atul Nishar, Founder and Chairman, Hexaware Technologies, at the inaugural address.

The Saltillo center will provide Software development, application and maintenance work. The facility also complies with crucial quality and security best practices including biometrics authentication for facility access.

Hexaware also recruited fresh Mexican talent from campuses to cater to the growing Software services demand in Latin America. The first batch of employees was trained on various software skills for three months at HexaVarsity, Hexaware’s in-house university in India. Hexaware currently globally employs more than 6700 professionals across it various global offices.

Barin Kulkarni has been appointed as the head of the new center. He was earlier heading the group engagement for one of Hexaware’s largest customer.

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