21-05-2013

AVEVA expands sales presence in South Asia

AVEVA today announced a further expansion of its support for the important South Asia market with the establishment of a new sales presence based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Global (BD) Nationwide Limited will support AVEVA sales in the region. They will be responsible for managing the sales of all AVEVA’s product and solution portfolios to the country’s oil & gas, power and marine industries. In addition, they will also assist AVEVA in building close ties with academic institutions across Bangladesh.

'Strategic relationships like this are very important to AVEVA’s growth in emerging regions,' commented Navtej Garewal, Senior Vice-President – India and Bangladesh, AVEVA. 'Bangladesh has great potential in its oil & gas, power and marine industries. Its government is welcoming technologies such as ours into the country. Global (BD) Nationwide already work with some of the biggest technology names worldwide and their experience in IT deployment and vertical markets makes them a great choice for AVEVA. They offer us both growth opportunities and scalability. They also have very strong links with key educational establishments in the region, which will further enhance our Academic Initiative programme.'

'In AVEVA we have found a partner that shares many of our own business values, such as trust and innovation,' said Tanvir H. Khan CEO, Global (BD) Nationwide. 'We have a proven business model and have repeatedly demonstrated our ability to work with leading-edge technologies. We are very pleased to be working with AVEVA so that we can offer the Bangladesh region the leading engineering software for its plant and marine industries. We look forward to a successful long-term relationship.'

This new sales presence further demonstrates AVEVA’s commitment to the South Asian region, following its major expansion in India.