Indra reinforces its presence in Brazil with a new office Rio de Janeiro

Indra, one of the leading IT multinationals in Europe and Latin America, has just inaugurated a new office in Rio de Janeiro in order to provide support to its operations in Brazil. With this new office the company reaffirms its commitment to the country, since it offers great opportunities in all the markets where Indra operates.
This is the 6th office set up in Brazil. It will strengthen Indra’s position in different business areas and will improve its response and adaptation capacity to the specific demands of clients.
Besides this, Indra will reinforce its relationship with universities and research centres in order to build the solid grounds for the development of technical skills and programmes to attract young professionals.
The company is based in São Paulo (SP) and has premises in Barueri/ Alphaville (São Paulo (SP); a software factory in Campinas (São Paulo) dedicated to the development of solutions for energy and utilities firms; offices in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) and another head office in Brasilia for the development of solutions oriented to Public Administrations and Healthcare.
The new office meets the highest quality standards established by Indra in terms of architecture, technology infrastructure, safety and sustainability.

Indra in Brazil
Indra has an active presence in Brazil with a strong position in transport and traffic-including significant projects related to smart infrastructures-public administrations, telecommunications, industry and consumption, energy and utilities.
Indra has become a benchmark in the energy sector and has a strong presence in the country with over 40 clients. It is technology partner of the most outstanding telecom operators. In addition to this, Indra is acknowledged in the Brazilian market as one of the most experienced companies in the implementation of SAP solutions.

Among the most recent contracts in Brazil we can mention the development and implementation of an integrated system to map energy loss awarded by AES Electropaulo, Latin America’s largest energy company. The Spanish company has also signed a contract with the Brazilian Navy to implement a satellite communications system on its flagship aircraft carrier Sao Paulo.
Regarding traffic, Indra, in cooperation with local firm Esteio, was awarded the implementation of the toll systems in three important stretches of a motorway in the south of the country and the installation of smart traffic management systems in one of the stretches. Both companies will also design and start up a metropolitan traffic management system in Curitiba, capital city of Paraná.
Indra has been present in Brazil since 1996, with offices in Sao Paulo, Barueri, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia. The company employs 1,500 professionals and a Software Lab in Campinas which features as a cutting-edge R&D laboratory. The company possess a distinguishing offer of solutions and services for the sectors of financial services, utilities and energy; security and defence; transport and traffic, public administrations and healthcare; industry and consumption; and telecommunications in Brazil. 
Indra is the premier Information Technology company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe and Latin America. It is ranked as the second European company in its sector according to investment in R&D with nearly € 500 M during the last three years. In 2010 revenues reached € 2,557 M of which a 40% came from the international market. The company employs more than 31,000 professionals and has clients in more than 110 countries.