Amsterdam Metropolitan Area

This includes municipalities of Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Almere, Haarlemmermeer and others. It is well connected and is a hub for international business, especially attracting several Indian businesses.

Indian companies in the region

Advanta Netherlands Holding BV           Bajaj Auto International Holding BV
Ballarpur Paper Holdings BV                  Birlasoft (UK) Ltd.
Cognizant                                               Europe Omnitech Technology Services BV
Godavari Biorefineries BV                     Hexaware Technologies Ltd.
Hikal International BV                             I-Flex solutions
iBilt Technologies Limited                       Infosys Technologies Limited
ITC Infotech India Limited                       Kirloskar Brothers International BV
Kirsons BV                                            Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd.
Meharvan Trading BV                           Mphasis Europe BV
NIIT Technologies BV                            Nucleus Software Netherlands BV
ONGC Nile Ganga BV                           Patni Computer Systems Limited
Peninsula Food Products Pvt Ltd          Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals BV
Reliance Globalcom                              Rolta Benelux BV
Satyam Computer Services                  Sintex Holdings BV
Sobha Renaissance Netherlands        Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (Europe) BV
Suzlon Energy BV                               Tata Consultancy Services Nederland BV
Wipro Technologies                             Zensar Technologies Limited

Foreign companies in the region

Cisco Systems                                    Boeing
Hewlett Packard                                 Unisys
PeopleSoft Inc.                                   Canon
Yamaha Motor                                    Nissan
Ricoh                                                  Cargill
Autoliv                                                Mattel
Seagate                                              Bank of Scotland
TSMC                                                  NEC
UPC                                                    Intel
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Amsterdam Metropolitan Area at a glance

Greater Amsterdam, with its traditional openness for the rest of the world, is currently home to over 1400 foreign businesses. Undoubtedly, it is the topmost destination within the Netherlands for Indian companies, many of whom have offices here from where they manage their European operations.

"Amsterdam is truly international"

Lodewijk Asscher, Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs, City of Amsterdam, tells us what makes Amsterdam the perfect hub for an Indian business.

At home in Amsterdam

Girish Ramachandran of TCS, Hans Witsenboer of Infosys and Yogen Singh of PWC tell us why having a European base in Amsterdam is essential for any company looking at expanding in the Continent.