UST Global parks $130 m in Technopark, eyes South's tier-2 cities
"From 5,500 software professionals now in Technopark, we expect to employ 10,000 of them shortly," Sajan Pillai, president and CEO, UST, said here.
The company also has plans to go for an IPO in the first quarter of 2009, he said. Through headcount push, UST targets $650 million revenues by 2009.
The expansion in Technopark is only a beginning. In a hub-and-spoke model leveraged on Technpark, UST intends to come out with more units in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
At present, UST Global has bases in Asia Pacific, Chennai and Thiruvanathapuram. As many as 3500 of the staff now works in Technopark. The Technopark unit alone had fetched $250 million revenues last fiscal.
"The millions for expansion will flow in staggered in three phases. It is to be in $60 million at first, $40 million next and finally capped by another $30 million," he said.
As soon as the Kerala government gave 36 acres land inside Technopark, the company has started gearing up for setting up its own campus with 1.3 million sq ft built-up space. This is to facilitate doubling of manpower and business potential.
"It is not specific verticals, but big brands that we are after," said Cindy Andreotti, director, strategic
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