Engineering design services firm Tata Elxsi Limited, has signed a partnership deal with Japanese firm Proassist, for establishment of a Proassist Global Development Centre (PGDC) in the country.

The PGDC will be responsible for embedded projects in DSP (Digital Signal Processing), Imaging and ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) for Factory Automation customers in Japan.

Proassist, inherently strong in embedded solutions - Factory Automation technologies, providing services in embedded control system, hardware (ASIC/FPGA) to circuit design, consulting to prototyping/mass production and system integration.

Both the companies will look towards drawing synergies and working together on various embedded projects for mutually benefiting their customer base in Japan.

According to market experts, the collaboration with Proassist for building the PGDC will not only help both the companies but will also strengthen its foothold in the long term and increment the level of its technical expertise in the embedded space and IP development.

Tata Elxsi, which serves as technology arm of the multi-billion US$ Tata Group, has posted a 41% decline in its net profit to Rs 7.12 crore in the first quarter of the fiscal ended June 30, 2008 compared to the same quarter in the previous fiscal.