SAO PAULO, 02 TEN (ANSA) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) inaugurated on Wednesday (02), in Recife, Pernambuco, its first software center in Latin America, which will aim to develop systems for the motor control and transmissions (powertrains) and technologies for vehicles with low emissions level.
The unit is only the initial stage of the Research Center, Development, Innovation and Engineering Group Automotive in the northeastern state, which will have a further three arms: a Project Center (Cabo de Santo Agostinho), a Test Center Vehicle (Jaboatao Guararapes) and Proving Ground, this located near the new factory Goiás, also in Pernambuco.
As president of the FCA for Latin America, Stefan Ketter, all four units of the Research Center will be operational by the middle of next year, after investments of approximately R $ 140 million.
But the Software Center, the first part to be inaugurated, was housed in a historic building that served as a sugar warehouse more than 100 years ago. The building is in the Digital Port of Recife, creative economy pole of Recife, and has been refurbished to house the new structure of the Fiat Chrysler.
“The car is increasingly digital, and we must be prepared for that future. We want this knowledge take root in this region of Brazil to become increasingly competitive,” said Ketter. Working recently, the Software Center already has about 40 people working, and the research that will be undertaken at the site should start to appear in about a year.
This is the fourth FCA Development Center in the world, following the Auburn Hills (USA), Turin (Italy) and Betim (Brazil, MG). He will work in close harmony with the automotive hub of Goiás, considered the most modern plant of the group around the world, with capacity to produce 250,000 vehicles per year and employing more than 7000 workers.
Fiat Chrysler believes his Recife in Development Center will create around 500 jobs in the coming years, including the 210 employees already hired. The structure will also have partnerships with local universities and residency programs to train and find talents of the creative economy. (ANSA)
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