The new Global Resources Centre has been built to expand the Belgian company's presence in India and support its growth in the region. It will also provide support for its projects in other regions, including Europe and North America.

The subsidiary will be led by Dinesh Chandra, who joined EskoArtwork in 1996 and has developed the company's Indian operations since 2000.

Chandra said: "The opening of the Global Resources Centre in Bangalore reinforces EskoArtwork's global market coverage, complementing the resources we have already deployed in Europe, North America and the Far East.

"Unlike many other companies, EskoArtwork is not moving low-skill jobs to India. On the contrary, we are building a completely new business model around an enhanced service offering."

EskoArtwork chief executive Carsten Knudsen said: "The opening of this new Global Resource Centre enables us to bring added value to collaborative software and integration projects for customers around the world.

"We are deploying additional support and service activities to Bangalore for two reasons: first, because locating in Bangalore enables us to draw on a pool of world-class IT skills and technical support talent, and second, because India itself offers huge market potential."

Bangalore is India's fifth largest city and accounts for a third of the country's IT industry revenues. EskoArtwork has been present in Bangalore for 12 years.