Intelligroup has signed a $1.5-million contract with Bahrain-based Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) a, petrochemicals products manufacturer.

The company would implement the latest version of mySAP ERP 2005 to update GPIC's current IT infrastructure. The Middle East is a focus market for Intelligroup where it is working with Saudi International Petrochemical Company, Amiantit Group of companies and Alghanim Industries.

"We are actively working with four to five companies in the region and will continue focus on them," Intelligroup chief operating officer Ranjit Prithviraj said, at a press conference.

The company currently has 120 to 130 employees working in that region.