National Instruments Corp (NI), a global technology company based in Austin, Texas, USA, has announced that it is opening a shared operations centre in San José, Costa Rica, during the second quarter of 2011.
The new centre is expected to employ 200 people over the next five years in customer relationship management, financial services, IT and sales operations positions. NI says that it is opening the centre, which is expected to require an investment of $700 000 by the end of 2011, to optimise global operations to support the firm’s growth.
“The widespread adoption of National Instruments’ software and hardware has resulted in strong, long-term growth for our company, and the new centre in Costa Rica will help us better support our customers in North, Central and South America,” commented John Graff, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Americas, National Instruments.
“We selected Costa Rica as the site of our new centre because of its competitive business infrastructure, talented workforce and unique culture that promotes education and continuous learning, and empowers its people with a drive to succeed.”
Founded during 1976, National Instruments develops and manufactures software and hardware products that engineers and scientists use for test, control and embedded design applications. Throughout the company’s history it has demonstrated a solid track record of revenue growth and strong financial performance <em dash> most recently reporting a record revenue of $220 million for the third quarter of 2010.
It claims that more than 30 000 companies worldwide use its technology across a variety of industries, such as energy, life sciences, automotive and wireless communications sectors, to develop systems to meet some of the world’s greatest challenges.
“We are pleased to announce the establishment of National Instruments in Costa Rica,” said Anabel González, Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica.
“The company is a job-generating source and proof of our progress towards the goals set by the government in terms of FDI attraction and exports <em dash> a goal which we have been working towards with the close collaboration of Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE).”
NI is currently recruiting experienced people to fill key management positions at the new centre.
For further information, contact:
National Instruments Corp, 11500 North Mopac Expressway, Austin, TX 78759-3504, USA. Tel: +1-512-338-9119, Fax: +1-512-683-8411, Web: www.ni.com
National Instruments Corp (UK) Ltd, Measurement House, Newbury Business Park, London Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2PS, UK. Tel: +44-1635-523545, Fax: +44-1635-523-154, Email: info.uk@ni.com
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