Wipro to set up PC plant in Uttarakhand

Posted October 25, 2007 | No comments yet

Bangalore, 25 OCt 2007

Wipro has zoomed in on Uttarakhand for its second personal computer manufacturing facility, reports Thanuja BM from Bangalore. The plant may start production in mid-2008 and will have an initial capacity of 2.5 lakh units per annum.

ET had earlier reported that the Bangalore-based IT major was exploring tax-friendly destinations in North India for its second manufacturing plant to keep pace with demand.

Wipro Personal Computing VP Ashutosh Vaidya said the new plant was slated to come up in Kotdwar in Uttarakhand. He declined to divulge details on investment or size of land parcel the plant will be located on.

Traditionally, most of the PC makers in India have had their manufacturing bases in South India including Pondicherry, Sriperumbudur and Bangalore. The huge growth of 20 per cent plus, however, has spurred many of them to set up base in the north in the last year.

News Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com