New Delhi: Software services major HCL Technologies today said it has signed a five-year multi- million dollar deal with US-based The Manitowoc Company for becoming its global engineering partner for the crane operations.

HCL will be Manitowoc's global engineering partner for the crane operations spanning the Americas, EMEA, and Asia/Pacific regions, HCL Technologies said in a statement.

Capital goods manufacturer Manitowoc and HCL will also set up a global engineering center in Pune to support Manitowoc's design centers and accelerate its new product development initiatives in emerging regions such as India, China, and Brazil, it added.

Through the design centre, HCL offers a complete spectrum of engineering services to Manitowoc Cranes to produce blueprints for new and innovative crane models.

The centre will extend engineering design services support to Manitowoc's key engineering hubs and innovation centers in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Germany, France, and Italy, it said.

The service offerings are primarily focused around product design, value engineering, structural engineering, embedded software development, and hardware engineering.

"Partnering with HCL enables us to further strengthen the core tenets of our strategy - to provide superior products and capitalise on global growth opportunities," Manitowoc Cranes Senior Vice President Global Engineering and Innovation Jens Ennen said.