Agilent Technologies to expand in tier II, III cities

"We have a strong presence in tier I cities and now we are looking at expanding our operations in tier II and tier III cities," Agilent Technologies country manager, India, P Siva Kumar told here.

The company's products are widely used in test and measurement in pharmaceutical, bio-pharma, clinical diagnostics and metal industry.

We see huge potential in tapping vast agri and food processing industry for test and measurement in tier II and III cities of the country, Kumar said.

NYSE-listed Agilent Technologies, world's premier measurement company and technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences, diagnostics, electronics and communications, had net revenues of $6.6 billion in fiscal 2011. The company's 20,000 employees serve customers in more than 100 countries.

Agilent Technologies India has set up centre of excellence in Bangalore and Manesar. The India operations clocked $170 million revenue in 2011 and has around 200 employees.

India's measurement instruments industry is estimated at $400 million and it is growing at 15 per cent per annum, Kumar said.

Meanwhile, the company today announced the launch of its aftermarket solutions, Agilent CrossLab.

Agilent CrossLab is the combination of multi-vendor services as well as supplies to customers, who use non-Agilent instruments.

Agilent had launched multi-vendor support services to customers as early as January 2010. Recently, Agilent combined supplies and services under one umbrella called Agilent CrossLab for ease of customer understanding.

Among others, Agilent supports equipment and supplies of companies like Bruker, Dionex, Perkin Elmer, Shimadzu, Thermo Scientific and Waters.

In India, more than 500 other manufacturers of non-Agilent instruments are under CrossLab Services. More than 15 top pharma companies in India are also availing CrossLab Services