Sigma-Aldrich Corporation announces expansion of its global shared services centre in India

(L-R) Michael Kanan, Vice President and Corporate Controller; Karen Miller, Senior Vice President Corporate Development and Corporate Communications; Silji Abraham, Chief Information Officer and Jason Apter, Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Sigma-Aldrich Corp

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, a life science and high technology company, announced the expansion of its Global Shared Services (GSS) centre in India which supports the company globally by offering value-added capabilities to drive business growth and accelerate operational excellence. The GSS Centre in Bangalore, spans across 45,000 square feet and is fully operational.

The opening of the new GSS facility closely follows the recent celebration of Sigma-Aldrich’s 20th anniversary conducting business in India. Says Karen Miller, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Corporate Communications, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, “India remains a major focus for Sigma-Aldrich. With GSS, we will leverage our capabilities, talent and infrastructure in India to better serve our global customer base.”

Miller added, “Our highly educated colleagues in GSS are supporting many of our global functions, including strategic marketing, sales support and business analytics. From transactional to highly strategic responsibilities, our GSS India employees are helping to support our global business growth and accelerate operational excellence.”

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation has showcased noteworthy Asia Pacific investments in the last few years, including opening of a new packaging facility in Bangalore, opening of a new facility in Wuxi, China, which is now fully operational and completion of a new SAFC Hitech precursor manufacturing facility in Taiwan.

“APAC remains a key area of focus for our company not only from a growth perspective but also in terms of infrastructure support for our global franchise,” said Jason Apter, Vice President and Managing Director, Media Announcement, Asia Pacific, Sigma -Aldrich.

The company recently reorganised to enhance focus on core market segments to better attune solutions and services to meet the needs of a diverse customer base. The company defined three new strategic business units – Research Markets, Applied Markets and SAFC Commercial. Each intends to tailor product innovation programmes, sales and marketing channels, and customised solutions in a manner that best suits the specific needs of the customer segments they serve from research to manufacturing. “In challenging economies, successful companies are those that are best able to meet their customer needs and our markets in Asia Pacific are no exception. We need to continue getting closer to our customers, increasing service level and launching more local products,” said Apter.

“To reinforce this commitment, we will bring the Vetec brand of products to Asia Pacific and an expanded consumables offering to provide more complete solutions for various research and applied market segments. We continue to leverage our global capabilities and customise them for the needs of our local markets.”

The expanded product portfolio is expected to be available in India by the second quarter of the year and already is being distributed in other regions within Asia Pacific.

EP News Bureau – Bangalore