Pune: Vanderlande, a global leader in logistics process automation, has opened its India Innovation Centre (IIC) in Pune, reinforcing its commitment to India’s engineering and technology talent ecosystem.
The collaboration-led facility reflects the company’s guiding principle of keeping customers at the heart of innovation while enabling engineers to co-create, test, and develop end-to-end automation solutions for global markets.
Designed as a platform for engineering excellence, the Centre will drive innovation across robotic automation, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and digital-physical integration for Vanderlande’s global customer base in warehousing, airports, and parcel sectors.
The launch of the India Innovation Centre represents an important milestone in Vanderlande’s India journey as a Global Capability Centre (GCC).
With the addition of the new facility, the GCC further strengthens its position as Vanderlande’s second-largest technology hub worldwide, after the Netherlands.
The initiative highlights the company’s long-term commitment to nurturing talent, expanding high-value engineering roles, and accelerating innovation from India.
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Vanderlande India Innovation Centre Marks Milestone in Global Capability Expansion
Located in Pune and spread across two acres, the India Innovation Centre brings global collaboration, research and development, and system testing into a single integrated environment.
The facility combines training, testing, and end-to-end ownership of Vanderlande’s market-leading systems, enabling teams to collaborate more closely across the full engineering lifecycle.
The Centre is designed to empower employees to work on real-world applications, strengthen technical expertise, and contribute directly to automation solutions for customers worldwide.
Astrid van Druten, Chief Financial Officer, Vanderlande, said: “The India Innovation Centre underscores our confidence in India’s expanding role to the company’s technology journey. For our customers, automation is no longer optional – it is essential.
Our Innovation Centres are pivotal in creating smarter, more efficient solutions, guided by our core values like Every Day Better focused on continuous improvement and innovation. As our second-largest technology hub, India will further strengthen our global innovation ecosystem through this new centre.”
Manish Patil, Managing Director, Vanderlande India, added: “The inauguration of our new India Innovation Centre marks an important milestone that reflects the company’s confidence and continued investments in Vanderlande India.
The centre embodies our ambition to support innovation, build global capabilities, and make a positive impact on Vanderlande’s worldwide operations.”
Over the years, Vanderlande India has grown from a small support office into a 1,300+ member Global Capability Centre spanning R&D, software development, core engineering disciplines, and shared services.
The inauguration of the India Innovation Centre represents the next phase of this evolution — moving from execution to innovation and advancing the company’s “Everyday Better” journey.
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Vanderlande is a global market leader in future-proof logistics process automation for the warehousing, airports, and parcel sectors. Its integrated portfolio of systems, intelligent software, and life-cycle services enables fast, reliable, and efficient automation worldwide.
Founded in 1949, the company employs more than 11,000 people across all continents and reported a turnover of €2.3 billion in FY2025.
In airport automation, its baggage handling and passenger solutions are active at over 600 airports, including 17 of the world’s top 20, moving more than 4 billion bags annually. In the parcel sector, Vanderlande’s systems sort over 52 million parcels every day for leading global operators.
Vanderlande has been part of Toyota Industries Corporation since 2017, strengthening its position as a global leader in automated material handling.
