RR Donnelley opens new global outsourcing facility in Colombo
June 10, 2011 04:16 pm
COLOMBO – R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NASDAQ:RRD) announced the opening of its newest Global Outsourcing facility. RR Donnelley will occupy office space at the World Trade Centre, in the heart of Colombo. This will be the company’s second facility housed in the World Trade Centre.
“New client engagements along with the growth of existing
client relationships have driven the need for this expansion. We are excited
about our growth in Colombo and look forward to
building on our capabilities,” said Kiran Shankar, Managing Director and Head
of RR Donnelley’s Global Outsourcing platform in South
East Asia. He continues, “We have added two new state-of-the-art
facilities in India and more
recently, acquired space for our second facility in Manila, Philippines.
This new facility, along with our existing centers in Asia,
gives us a larger network, enabling seamless delivery of work on a 24X7 basis.”
Colombo is an
attractive location for RR Donnelley’s expansion because of its access to a
highly skilled talent pool. The company provides transaction processing and
financial services to clients in Europe and the US
and is the largest third party BPO services provider in Sri Lanka. RR Donnelley has approximately 58,000 employees worldwide.
RR Donnelley’s Global Outsourcing business in Asia provides judgment-based professional support and industry-focused solutions, including legal support, financial management, premedia, transaction processing, and real estate services. Clients include Fortune 1000 companies, professional service organizations and financial services firms across Europe and the United States.