Infosys Completes Formation of Joint Venture with Hitachi, Panasonic and Pasona in Japan

Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced that it has completed the formation of a joint venture with Hitachi, Ltd., Panasonic Corporation and Pasona Inc., strategically enhancing its presence in Japan. This follows the announcement the company made on December 14, 2018.

The joint venture, formed by complementary, iconic companies coming together, will accelerate business process transformation leveraging digital procurement platforms for the local and global needs of Japanese corporations. Infosys will bring its global expertise in procurement processes, consulting, analytics and digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to the venture. Combined with Hitachi and Panasonic’s knowledge of their procurement functions and local teams, and Pasona’s human capital and BPM networks in Japan, the entity will provide differentiated, end-to-end, efficient and high value procurement capabilities to corporations.

HIPUS Co., Ltd., the new venture has named Shinichiro Nagagata, as Chief Executive Officer. The joint venture will be headquartered in Japan, and more than 200 employees will be part of it on establishment.

About HIPUS

HIPUS accelerates business process transformation for Japanese corporations leveraging digital procurement platforms. With the procurement know-how built on experience working with Hitachi group companies, HIPUS delivers end-to-end procurement solutions. HIPUS, under the ownership of Infosys, brings together global expertise and local skills in procurement processes, consulting, analytics and digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to the venture. For more information on HIPUS, please visit the company's website at https://www.hipus.com.

About Infosys

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in 45 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over three decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

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