(Yicai Global) Jan. 10 -- Leading French restaurant and integrated facilities management services firm Sodexo SA has signed a global cooperation agreement with Huawei Technology Co.

Sodexo will provide Huawei with integrated facilities management services worldwide, per the agreement which will continue for five years, as Securities Times reported. Huawei, in turn, will help Sodexo [PAR:SW] develop a more efficient, energy-saving, safe and comfortable smart building solution for its clients.

The pair first formed a business relationship in 2013.

They already cooperate on four continents and in 12 countries and this agreement will greatly enhance that collaboration.