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Infosys will gain 1400 workers under the new deal

Philips signs global outsourcing deal with Infosys

Some 1400 staff will transfer to the Indian IT services supplier

Written by Neon Kelly

Royal Philips Electronics has signed a multimillion-dollar outsourcing contract with Infosys Technologies.

Under the terms of the multi-year deal, Infosys will handle financial services and process purchasing orders for Philips, and 1,400 staff will transfer over to the supplier. The Bangalore-based IT business will also gain three shared service centres based in India, Poland and Thailand.

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'Global corporations require transformation partners like Infosys to enhance their competitiveness in the flat world,' said S. Gopalakrishnan, chief executive at Infosys.

'We are excited to partner with Philips to take their finance and accounting and procurement functions to the next level of transformation.'

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