The Australian Leaders 2016 discovered Indra's technological development and its activity in Australia
Íñigo de Palacio, Indra's Global Director for Institutional Relations, summarised the company's footprint in Australia as follows: “Australia has been and will continue to be an important market for us”.
As he explained to the Australian Leaders, Indra currently has a strong presence in the country. From its Sydney headquarters and offices in Newcastle, it manages not only its activity in Australia but in the whole region, and one of its most recent projects is the roll-out of a new surveillance system in the South Pacific area.
Australia is becoming an increasingly important market for Indra; Africa and Asia-Pacific currently represent 12% of its business.
Íñigo de Palacio gave the Leaders an insight into the company's mission. Indra undertakes projects in over 140 countries worldwide and in all sectors linked to the digital transformation and new technologies, including transport, traffic management, public administrations, healthcare systems, energy, industry, defence and financial services.
The Leaders were particularly interested in border control and illegal immigration and the use of drones to control people flows and illegal trafficking. Like Europe, Australia has received many economic and political refugees, and the management of this problem has given rise to major controversy among different political and economic sectors in the country.
Indra started operating in Australia in 1992 under a contract with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and currently has 100 employees. The company's interests in the Australian market are focused around transport (railway, air and maritime control systems, automatic ticketing, etc.), defence, air control and energy. One of its most noteworthy projects in the country is the update to Sydney's rail CCTV system.
Australian Leaders Programme: Activity summary
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