Infy ‘plays critical role’ in Plastics industry

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."