BENGALURU: AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO), a manufacturer and distributor of agricultural machinery and precision agri technology, has announced the inauguration of its digital capability centre (DCC) in Bengaluru.
The new centre was inaugurated October 18 in the presence of key AGCO leaders and approximately 100 local employees while being live-streamed to AGCO employees in other locations around the world.
As part of the inauguration keynote, Daniel Zapf, AGCO’s vice-president and chief information officer, said, “We are excited to leverage the great talent India has to offer to help the world’s farmers sustainably feed our world. We are confident that our digital capability centre in India will help us incubate and rapidly scale the best technology talent for AGCO.”
The DCC will focus on augmenting AGCO’s IT and digital capabilities to deliver innovative, farmer-focused solutions. The DCC has been actively hiring highly experienced technology talent from across India who will collaborate with AGCO teammates around the world to deliver these leading solutions.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP (Deloitte India) was chosen by AGCO to provide end-to-end support in the creation and rapid ramp-up of the DCC. Speaking about the journey, Ravi Mehta, Partner, Deloitte India, said, “It has been an exciting and fast-paced journey from the time AGCO engaged Deloitte India to set-up its digital capability centre (DCC) in Bengaluru. We collaborated with the AGCO leadership to build a fully functional, state-of-the-art DCC in just a few months. This is a key milestone for AGCO and we are thrilled to be part of it.”
AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) is a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision agri technology. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, USA, AGCO had net sales of USD 11.1 billion in 2021. (ANI/PRNewswire)