{
  "id": 3734817,
  "title": "HCLTech, Wacker Chemie establish global capability centre in Pune",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/hcltech-wacker-chemie-establish-global-capability-centre-in-pune",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:34:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/information-tech/hcltech-wacker-chemie-establish-global-capability-centre-in-pune/articleshow/133568669.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "HCLTech, a leading IT services provider, and Wacker Chemie AG, a prominent German chemicals and biotechnology company, have jointly established a global capability centre (GCC) in Pune. The new centre is aimed at supporting Wacker's engineering, IT, and digital transformation initiatives while providing a flexible, resilient, and future-ready delivery foundation. According to an Economic Times Tech report, this collaboration marks an expansion of the existing strategic partnership between the two entities. HCLTech will utilize its expertise in DevSecOps and automation to assist Wacker in building a high-performing team, strengthening governance, and accelerating digital modernisation. Fabian Seibold, Director of WACKER Excellence Hub in Pune, highlighted the significance of this GCC in bolstering the companies' global delivery and digital execution capabilities, emphasizing HCLTech's capability in building and scaling such centres for agility, governance, and long-term growth. Wacker Chemie, headquartered in Munich, is a manufacturer of specialty chemical products with a global network of 27 production sites, generating approximately 5.5 billion euros in annual sales and employing over 16,000 people worldwide.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}