Thanks to assistance from Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association, another international company is setting up shop in Southeast Michigan. Automation Alley International Business Center tenant Reply Inc., of Turin, Italy, has found a permanent home in Auburn Hills and is looking to hire local employees.

Reply, part of the holding company Reply Group, is a consulting, systems integration, application management and business process outsourcing company that works in new communication networks and digital media. The company's top customers include Chrysler Group and CNH, the industrial branch of Fiat.

In addition to Italy, Reply Group also has locations in Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, Luxembourg and Brazil. Gianluca Di Stefano, president of Reply Inc., said the company opened an office in Illinois in August and wanted to expand its business further in North America to be closer to the automotive industry.

"We believe Michigan is the automotive center in North America, and we wanted to be as close as possible to Chrysler. We are now within walking distance in Auburn Hills," Di Stefano said.

To make this possible, Di Stefano sought help from Oakland County, who matched him with Automation Alley. Click on the source link to read the full article.

About Reply Group

Reply offers Consulting, System Integration and Application Management. Specializing in the design and development of solutions based on new communication channels and digital media, Reply combines vertical market expertise with innovative technologies such as Social Networking, Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things for the optimisation and integration of processes, applications and devices. Based on a network of companies specialized by service offering, Reply combines the planning and organisational capacity of a large corporation with the flexibility and dynamism typical of specialist companies. For more information on the company click here