Pune
center will strengthen WACKER’s global delivery model with scalable support
across engineering, IT and digital operations.
NOIDA,
India | August 27, 2026: WACKER Chemie AG has
established a Global Capability Center (GCC) in Pune, India, in collaboration
with HCLTech, marking a new phase in the specialty
chemicals and biotechnology company’s global transformation strategy. The
center is intended to support WACKER’s engineering, IT and digital
transformation priorities while creating a more agile, resilient and scalable
delivery backbone for the company’s global operations. The move also expands
the strategic relationship between WACKER and HCLTech, with HCLTech bringing
its GCC-building expertise, DevSecOps capabilities and automation-led operating
model to help WACKER strengthen governance, improve execution efficiency and
build a future-ready team in India. For WACKER, which operates a broad global
manufacturing, technical and commercial network, the Pune GCC is positioned as
a key enabler for long-term digital modernization and stronger execution
capacity across business functions.
According
to Fabian Seibold, Director WACKER Excellence
Hub Pune, “The Global Capability Center is an important step in
strengthening our global delivery and digital execution capabilities. HCLTech’s
experience in building and scaling such centers allows us to move forward with
a model that supports agility, governance and long‑term growth.” According
to Dr. Frank Fehler, Executive Vice President and Country Head - Germany,
HCLTech, “This expanded engagement builds on the strategic partnership
between WACKER and HCLTech and marks an important milestone in WACKER's digital
transformation. We are proud to support WACKER's long-term digital and
engineering transformation journey as a trusted partner.” According to
Kiran Cherukuri, EVP and Global GCC Practice Head, HCLTech, "Through
a phased customer-centric operating model, we are establishing a flexible,
resilient, and future-ready GCC for WACKER in Pune. Leveraging our expertise in
DevSecOps and automation, HCLTech will help build a high-performing team,
strengthen governance, enhance operational efficiency, and accelerate digital
modernization."
According
to TechSci Research, WACKER’s decision to establish
a Global Capability Center in India with HCLTech reflects a broader structural
shift in how global industrial and chemical companies are redesigning their
operating models for speed, efficiency and digital depth. GCCs are no longer
being viewed merely as cost-optimization vehicles or offshore support hubs;
they are increasingly becoming strategic transformation engines that centralize
high-value functions such as engineering, digital product development,
cybersecurity, enterprise IT modernization, analytics and process automation.
In this context, WACKER’s Pune GCC stands out as a significant development
because it aligns with three major enterprise trends at once: the globalization
of innovation talent, the rising role of India as a hub for complex capability
delivery, and the growing convergence of IT and engineering transformation in
asset-heavy industries. For a company like WACKER, whose products serve sectors
ranging from construction and automotive to semiconductors and life sciences,
operational agility and digitally enabled coordination across geographies are
becoming business-critical. A well-structured GCC can improve not only service
delivery consistency but also innovation velocity, governance discipline and
responsiveness to market shifts. HCLTech’s role is also noteworthy, because the
partnership signals that enterprises increasingly prefer build-operate-scale
models with experienced service providers rather than attempting to create
capability centers entirely from scratch. This reduces execution risk and
accelerates time to value, especially when the mandate includes DevSecOps,
automation and long-term operating resilience. From an India market standpoint,
the announcement reinforces the country’s position as a preferred destination
for advanced GCC investments, especially in Pune, which continues to attract
global firms due to its engineering talent base, IT ecosystem and relatively
mature operating environment.
TechSci
Research believes that this move may also influence other global manufacturing
and chemical enterprises to expand beyond conventional shared services and
create integrated centers capable of supporting core transformation agendas.
Over the next few years, the success of GCCs will be judged less by headcount
scale and more by the quality of outcomes they drive including modernization
speed, digital adoption, process resilience, compliance strength and business
continuity. If executed effectively, WACKER’s India GCC could become a
blueprint for domain-led, technology-enabled transformation in the chemicals
sector. It also underlines an important market signal: digital transformation
in industrial enterprises is increasingly being operationalized through
specialized global hubs that combine local talent strength with global
governance and partner-led execution. In TechSci Research’s assessment, this is
not just a routine expansion announcement; it is part of a deeper evolution in
enterprise transformation strategy, where GCCs are emerging as mission-critical
assets in the global value chain rather than peripheral support functions.