What Lagash does, the multinational that will settle in Mendoza

With more than 17 years of continuous growth, Lagash, a multinational company headquartered in Buenos Aires, will be located in the ICT cluster of Mendoza and will develop the Lagash Universuity project in collaboration with the National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo) . The software company has offices in the United States, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Some of these offices are commercial and administrative, others service and development centers, such as Medellin (Colombia), Temuco (Chile), Montevideo (Uruguay) and Buenos Aires. He recently opened a second office in the United States in Boston, Mbadachusetts

The Minister of Economy, Infrastructure and Energy, Martin Kerchner, received members of Lagash, a multinational of Argentine origin, who met and announced their next arrival. to the province. Specifically, Federico García, CEO of the company, was responsible for providing the details of the investment that the company will realize.

The intention of the company is to start operating in the public building of the TIC park and start the business in early 2019, with the subsequent extension of the location to address the expected growth in the province.

"We believe that Mendoza needs to diversify its economy and that is why we are working in many directions, but especially in the promotion of the knowledge-based services sector.For the human resources and attractive facilities, the province can to be an activity of growth and development ", said the Minister of Infrastructure, Martin Kerchner

According to estimates of the multinational, would count 20 employees in the first months of next year, including : the management team, which will be relocated to Mendoza, and will reach the end of 2019, will reach 70 workers, depending on the ability to obtain qualified human resources.

"Mendoza has a lot of talent to develop and also has a strategic location based on our subsidiaries located in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago de Chile and Concepción, which add to those located in Colombia, in Mexico and the United States, "said García.

Meanwhile, the company enters into an agreement with UNCuyo to develop the project of the University of Lagash, which will train future employees with the company's own financing

Lagash is one of the companies that submitted to the tax credit operation launched by the government of Mendoza and which, for the good results obtained, launched a second phase, in which the company was registered with a project. $ 1,500,000 for training in human resources.

What do we do and what will it do?

The Company's revenues are mainly based on the commercialization of software design and development services for major customers, mainly from abroad. The company has set its target for priority customers in Fortune 1000 companies, focusing on high-tech companies in the Americas and the mid-sized segment in the United States. At the industry or sector level, the retail, finance, telecommunications and media, manufacturing, health and public sector sectors stand out, as it is necessary to accelerate the transformation of their activities.

US $ 20,000,000 and currently employs about 700 people. Its growth rate has been 22% over the past five years and is expected to cost 260 million USD by the end of the year 2023, triple the current number of employees.

Its executive director is Federico García, a former Accenture, who works. in the business for 12 years, and is one of its owners. It is worth noting that they are about to launch a new series of investments in the United States.