Monday, July 9, 2007

Hinduja BPO may offer consultancy, keen on US acquisition

HTMT Global Solutions, the ITES firm of the Hinduja Group, is looking at bringing in consultancy to its portfolio of services and this could preferably be done through an acquisition. The company would be looking at acquiring a mid-sized consulting firm in the US.

The company, which provides both back office and voice services, will be able to move up the value chain with the new service, HTMT Global CEO Partha Sarkar said.

Mr Sarkar said the company will be expanding its presence into tier 2 cities in India. It currently has presence in Mysore, Karnataka and Durgapur in West Bengal and is looking at adding two more locations by the end of this fiscal. It plans to raise the headcount to 12,500 by the end of this fiscal from the current 10,000.

The company is also looking at extending its presence to Latin America in the next fiscal. It has 19 delivery centres across the US, Canada, Mauritius, the Philippines and India. The US and Canada presence was expanded through the acquisition of Affina for $30 million last year.

The company, which has an existing revenue of Rs 585 crore, with reserves of about $115 million, is looking at becoming a $500 million company by 2010 through both organic and inorganic growth route.

(Source: Economic Times)

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