Michigan, March 15, 2004
General Motors Automaker has set up a R&D centre
in Bangalore by investing $21 million. The 40,000-sq-foot facility,
which opened in September of 2003, is General Motors' first automotive
research laboratory outside the US. The centre currenly employs 230
engineers, which will increase to 400 by the year-end.
The GM has also tied up with 21 institutes, including
IITs and IISc. It will be a design and engineering centre, which will
support an auto manufacturing presence not only in India but also the
Asian region." "Asia-Pacific is a key regional growth market,
and our science lab in India further enables us to remain the world
leader in product innovation."
As with its lab in Michigan, General Motors plans to
recruit globally to ensure it has a diverse workforce, which in turn
will lead to diverse innovation.