Wipro GE Healthcare today said it will hire up to 600 people
to enhance its marketing force in the next two years, as part
of plans to clock a revenue of USD one billion by 2015.
The firm, a joint venture between Wipro and global conglomerate
GE's healthcare business, also said it will launch 10-12 products,
which have been designed and developed in India in three years
time.
"We have been beefing up our distribution system. While
we are already present in 300 out of the 600 districts across
the country, now we are looking at having individuals who can
directly sell products in those local areas," Wipro GE
Healthcare (WGH) Managing Director V Raja told PTI.
In order do that the company will add 500 to 600 people in the
next two years, he added.
"These people will be hired for all front-end related activities
such as marketing and sales and market research," Raja
said.
He said WGH has been shifting its emphasis from catering global
needs to meeting local demand.
So, in the next three years there would be about 10-12 products,
which have been designed and developed in India, launched for
the local market," he said.
At present the company has 14 products which are locally developed.
"These are all parts of our plans to clock a turnover of
USD one billion in the next five years," Raja said, adding
"at present we are somewhere near the halfway mark".
He also said going forward the firm expects contribution of
domestic revenues to reach 50 per cent in the next 3-5 years
from the current 10 per cent.
Last year the company had announced integration of all the
stand-alone units and plants of GE Healthcare in India into
a single entity. As part of the integration process GE Healthcare
Life Sciences, GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics and GE Medical
Systems India came under the fold of Wipro GE Healthcare.
Source: PTI
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