{"id":60327,"date":"2026-02-05T11:31:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderlande.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=60327"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:31:29","slug":"vanderlande-opens-india-innovation-centre-in-pune","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderlande.com\/news-insights\/vanderlande-opens-india-innovation-centre-in-pune\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanderlande opens India Innovation Centre in Pune"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<section id=\"page-banner-block_78f687f08cd566bc6f4eee19e3eea9bf\"\r\n\t\t\tclass=\"block page-banner-block background-image oblique\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.vanderlande.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/India_IC_20260205-01.jpg);\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row content-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xl-8 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Vanderlande opens India Innovation Centre in Pune, strengthening its commitment to India\u2019s engineering and technology talent ecosystem<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vanderlande has opened its India Innovation Centre (IIC) in Pune, a collaboration-led facility that reflects the company\u2019s guiding principle of keeping customers at the heart and innovation as the heartbeat driving progress. Designed as a space where engineers can co-create, test and innovate end-to-end solutions, the Centre will drive engineering and innovations covering areas such as robotic automation, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and digital-physical integration across Vanderlande\u2019s global customer base in warehousing, airports and parcel domains.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arrows\" id=\"scroll-down\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arrow\">><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arrow\">><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arrow\">><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\n\n        <style>\n                                <\/style>\n\n        \n<div id=\"block-0rwxvrs2nhl8eb9j3bva1ekewjau91zj4gtr8fc8c5sz\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The launch of the IIC marks an important milestone in Vanderlande India\u2019s journey as a Global Capability Centre (GCC). With this addition, the GCC further strengthens its position as Vanderlande\u2019s second-largest technology hub worldwide, after the Netherlands. The Centre underscores Vanderlande\u2019s long-term commitment to nurturing talent, expanding high value engineering roles and accelerating innovation from India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Located in Pune and spread across two acres, the India Innovation Centre is designed to bring together global collaboration, research and development, and system testing under one environment. It integrates training, testing and end-to-end ownership of Vanderlande\u2019s market-leading systems enabling teams to work more closely on the full engineering lifecycle. The environment empowers current and future employees to work on real-world applications, deepen their technical expertise, and contribute directly to the automation journeys of customers worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\r\n\t<section id=\"fifty-fifty-block_763679ae167432e09e30a5d86fc740fb\" class=\"block fifty-fifty-block\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>Astrid van Druten, Chief Financial Officer, Vanderlande<\/strong>, said:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><em>\u201cThe India Innovation Centre underscores our confidence in India\u2019s expanding role to Vanderlande\u2019s technology journey. For our customers, automation is no longer optional \u2013 it is essential. Our Innovation Centres are pivotal in creating smarter, more efficient solutions, guided by our core values like Every Day Better focused on continuous improvement and innovation. As our second-largest technology hub, India will further strengthen our global innovation ecosystem through this new centre.\u201d<\/em><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-wrapper right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.vanderlande.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/India_IC_20260205-02.jpg);\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\t<section id=\"fifty-fifty-block_8cdc04511a7d7a39c412168e927d1fcf\" class=\"block fifty-fifty-block\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12 order-lg-1 order-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-wrapper left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.vanderlande.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/India_IC_20260205-04.jpg);\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12 order-lg-2 order-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><strong>Manish Patil, Managing Director, Vanderlande India<\/strong>, added:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><em>\u201cThe inauguration of our new India Innovation Centre marks an important milestone that reflects Vanderlande\u2019s confidence and continued investments in Vanderlande India. The centre embodies our ambition to support innovation, build global capabilities, and make a positive impact on Vanderlande\u2019s worldwide operations.\u201d<\/em><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\t<section id=\"fifty-fifty-block_9e8cd24851c765799b2b93184b803bed\" class=\"block fifty-fifty-block\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrapper left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over the years, Vanderlande India has grown from a small support office into a 1,300+ member Global Capability Centre. The organisation today spans R&amp;D, software development, core engineering\u00a0disciplines\u00a0and shared services. The inauguration of the India Innovation Centre\u00a0represents\u00a0the next phase of this evolution\u00a0moving from execution to innovation and further advancing\u00a0the company\u2019s\u00a0\u201cEveryday Better\u201d journey.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-wrapper right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.vanderlande.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/India_IC_20260205-03.jpg);\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanderlande has opened its India Innovation Centre (IIC) in Pune, a collaboration-led facility that reflects the company\u2019s guiding principle of keeping customers at the heart and innovation as the heartbeat driving progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":60321,"template":"","industry":[11,13],"news_category":[17],"news_theme":[],"class_list":["post-60327","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","industry-airports","industry-parcel","news_category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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