HCL Tech partners Husqvarna Group to provide managed services in Europe, US

NEW DELHI: IT services provider HCL Technologies today said it has been selected by Husqvarna Group as a global strategic partner to provide managed services to the outdoor power product maker's Europe, Asia Pacific and US operations.

Sweden's Husqvarna Group deals in products and solutions for garden, park and forest care as well as construction.

The financial details of the deal were, however, not available.

As per the engagement, HCL will be using its proprietary MASCoT framework, a managed service model to provide application support and maintenance, application life cycle management, application operation through 24x7 call support and services to support Husqvarna Group's business, the company said in a statement.

"The applications and business transformation agreement is one of the largest engagement for manufacturing industry in HCL Europe and accentuates the company's growing hold in the region, especially Nordics," HCL Technologies Senior Corporate Vice President and President (Consumer and Manufacturing Services) Sanjeev Nikore said.

The agreement scope also includes legacy and custom applications and ERP systems covering key business processes at Husqvarna including future business transformation projects and services.

"In our journey to transform our IT landscape to enable Husqvarna Group to become even more competitive, we have chosen HCL as our strategic partner," Husqvarna Group CIO Martin Althén said.

Husqvarna Group is the world's largest producer of outdoor power products including robotic lawn mowers, garden tractors, chainsaws and trimmers. The group is also the European leader in consumer watering products and one of the world leaders in cutting equipment and diamond tools for the construction and stone industries.