The US-based rail equipment company Wabtec Corporation inaugurated an engineering and technology centre in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on 12 December 2019.
The Wabtec India Engineering and Technology Centre (WITEC) is a world-class facility designed to support growth and innovation. Wabtec will occupy five floors of the building in Bengaluru.
The company will make an investment of USD five million. WITEC will host engineering teams spanning across the company's digital electronics portfolio and feature cutting edge labs.
These include validation labs for distributed power, positive train control, trip optimiser, electronic air brake, signalling systems, EdgeLINC and many other products for Wabtec's Advanced Train Automation solutions.
The new centre has over 600 employees. The team is expected to grow to over 1,000 by the end of 2020 and will also include partner resources.