July 15, 2008 - Matrikon entered into a joint entity agreement with India’s SoftDEL Systems Pvt. Ltd. As a result, a new corporation will be created that will support Matrikon’s product development initiatives and provide project consulting globally.SoftDEL Systems is an international provider of product engineering solutions with offices in India, Japan and the United States. Anand Vishnubhotla, formerly the branch manager of Matrikon’s Edmonton office, will now be overseeing Matrikon’s operations in India.
With more than 11 years of experience at Matrikon, Vishnubhotla will provide expertise and mentorship as the company builds its India business and trains new consultants. “This agreement allows us to tap directly into India’s deep labour pool of technically strong, qualified engineers for deployment to Matrikon client sites around the world, especially in areas with tight labour markets such as Australia, the Middle East, northern Alberta and parts of Europe,” said Nizar J. Somji, Matrikon’s president and CEO. “With access to a steady supply of qualified engineers, we’ll be able to better manage the effects of labour shortages in certain markets.
It’s a strategic move to optimize our operational efficiencies and growth opportunities.”Sunil Dalal, the Managing Director of the UniDEL Group, which founded SoftDEL in 2000, was also excited about the possibilities presented by the new arrangement. “Matrikon is a leader in industrial software solutions, so we’re very pleased to be joining together with them. It’s great for both of us, and I hope we can leverage one another’s expertise to make both companies stronger,” Dalal said. “SoftDEL prides itself in providing faster, better and more cost-effective solutions to help its customers achieve better value from their product development efforts,” said D.
Viswanath, SoftDEL’s CEO.
About Matrikon
Matrikon is a leading provider of integrated industrial intelligence solutions that enable manufacturing plants to achieve operational excellence by transforming production data into knowledge to predict and prevent problems and optimize operations. Matrikon's customers achieve agile operations through the combination of external market and plant data to make informed, intelligent decisions in real-time. With offices in major cities throughout North America, Australia, Europe and the Middle East and a global client base including industry leaders in a wide range of process industries, Matrikon's reach is global.
About SoftDEL Systems
SoftDEL is a product engineering solutions company focused on helping customers gain speed and value from their product design & development efforts. SoftDEL delivers to the best names in Industrial Automation, Building Automation, Test & Measurement, and Medical Electronics across North America, Japan and Europe. SoftDEL's domain led services, components and frameworks offer total solutions that include a wide gamut of technology capabilities in real time PC hosted applications, embedded systems, hardware & mechanical design and systems & application engineering. SoftDEL has development centers in Mumbai and Pune in India with sales operations in Mumbai, Houston and Tokyo.
