Bangalore: UST Global, the California-based company has close to 7,000 employees working across North America, Europe, and Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai and Bangalore is planning to add 1,000 employees to its centers in Kochi and Manila by this year. It also plans to set up an 8,000-seater facility in Thiruvananthapuram, reports Shyamala Seetharamanan from Financial Chronicle. "We plan to add about 500-600 employees in Kochi this year. The Thiruvananthapuram facility built over 36 acres will be opened by next year. The expansions will help us ramp up our managed services and remote infrastructure management practices. Moreover, the company has been in the lookout for enterprise resource planning providers for acquisitions," said Alexander Varghese, Vice-President, Corporate Services and India Head of UST Global. In February UST set up its IT services division in Manila. The centre has about 350 employees and now planning to expand its strength by hiring 1,000 employees.