LTTS announces agreement to acquire US-based Esencia Technologies.
The Board of Directors of L&T Technology Services announced the appointment of Mr. S. N. Subrahmanyan as Vice Chairman of L&T Technology Services Limited with immediate effect.
The Board of Directors of L&T Technology Services have approved the acquisition of US Based Esencia Technologies Inc, a provider of design services from specification to final product in Digital Signal Processing for Communications, Video, Security and Networking. The proposed acquisition will deepen LTTS offerings to global customers, particularly in the realm of Perceptual Computing, Internet of Things, Advanced Silicon Products and Wireless Networking Technologies with fast, powerful & smart design tools and signal processing libraries. Esencia has a team of over 100 Embedded, ASIC design and semiconductor experts in Silicon Valley.
For the quarter ended March 31, revenues grew 1.4 % YoY to INR 8,123 million while net profit was INR 965 million. In terms of geographic share, North America contributed the topmost at 62.9 % followed by Europe at 19.1% and Rest of the World contributing 10.1% for FY17. Contribution from the domestic market stood at 7.9%. In terms of industries, Transportation and Industrial Products accounted for over 60% of revenues during the quarter.
Digital Engineering revenue for FY17 stood at 12.5% of overall revenue, which is a growth of 25 % YoY. The growth in digital business was on account of maturing of the company's Intellectual Properties & platforms such as UBIQWeise, i-BEMS, UBIQData for business analytics and its next generation wireless protocol solutions.
For the financial year the total number of patents filed and added tallies to 254 out of which 197 have been co-authored with customers and 57 are owned by LTTS.
"We are pleased to start the current fiscal year on a positive note with robust growth prospects and a good visibility of our pipeline in Transportation, Telecom and Hi- Tech and Industrial Products segments. The proposed acquisition of Esencia will enhance our global offerings in the area of perceptual computing, advanced silicon and wireless networking technologies," said Dr Keshab Panda, CEO & Managing Director, L&T Technology Services Limited.
About L&T Technology Services Limited
L&T Technology Services Limited is a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited focused on Engineering and R&D Services (ER&D) addressing global customers including Fortune 500 companies. The company offers consultancy, design, development and testing services across the product and process development life cycle for various industrial products, medical devices, transportation, telecom & hi-tech, and the process industries. Digital Engineering portfolio of offerings from L&T Technology Services help build Smart Products & Services and offer Smart Manufacturing services and solutions to customers. The company also offers services and solutions in software engineering, embedded systems, mechanical & manufacturing engineering, value engineering and plant & process engineering.
Headquartered in India, L&T Technology Services Limited has more than 10,000 employees, 12 global delivery centers in India and overseas, 27 sales offices in India, North America Europe, the Middle East and Asia and 34 labs in India as of March 31, 2017. For additional information about L&T Technology Services log on to www.LntTechservices.com.
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