Vanderlande opens innovation centre at its Pune GCC

Vanderlande, a logistics process automation and part of Toyota Industries Corporation, has opened its India Innovation Centre (IIC) in Pune, which is part of its global capability centre (GCC) in India.

According to a statement, the centre will focus on areas such as robotic automation, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and digital-physical integration across Vanderlande’s global customer base in warehousing, airports and parcel domains.

Vanderlande Chief Financial Officer Astrid van Druten said, “The India Innovation Centre underscores our confidence in India’s expanding role to Vanderlande’s technology journey. As our second-largest technology hub, India will further strengthen our global innovation ecosystem through this new centre.”

The company said this GCC underscores its long-term commitment to nurturing talent, expanding high value engineering roles and accelerating innovation from India.

Over the years, Vanderlande India has grown from a small support office into a 1,300 plus GCC. The organisation today spans R&D, software development, core engineering disciplines and shared services.

Vanderlande India Managing Director Manish Patil said, “The inauguration of our new India Innovation Centre marks an important milestone that reflects Vanderlande’s confidence and continued investments in Vanderlande India.”

The new India Innovation Centre is designed to bring together global collaboration, research and development, and system testing under one environment. It integrates training, testing and end-to-end ownership of Vanderlande’s systems enabling teams to work more closely on the full engineering lifecycle.

Founded in 1949, Vanderlande 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.