Fujitsu Services, the leading IT services division of the Fujitsu brand will create 120 jobs in Northern Ireland.

The company will invest £8.8m in a partnership with Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) which will contribute a further £2.2m to establish an Applications Services Centre of Excellence at Fujitsu’s Timber Quay site in Londonderry where the majority of the jobs will be based. A further 30 jobs will be created in Belfast.

This is the third investment Fujitsu Services has made in Northern Ireland in the last 18 months. The first, an £18 million investment in June 2007, created 402 jobs in Managed IT operations in Derry and Belfast, while a £3.2 million expansion of its Centre of Excellence for Oracle created a further 30 jobs in Belfast in August 2007.

Leslie Morrison, Invest NI chief executive said, “The fact that this is Fujitsu’s third project in only 18 months sends out a strong message that this region has the infrastructure and skills to secure high-value investment from global companies. Following last week’s USNI investment conference, this is further evidence of the confidence international companies have in Northern Ireland as a premier investment location.”