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IBM unveils first PC from its plant in Pondicherry

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BANGALORE: IBM India has unveiled its first personal computer manufactured in its Pondicherry plant and announced that the Indian facility would be used as a export hub for south Asian countries.





The company has installed a facility for assembling 40,000 units of PCs in the country and hopes to attain a 10 per cent market share. "We are planning to make India an export base to cater to the market needs of south Asian countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other Asian nations. Initially, we would start with assembling, manufacturing desktop computers but would like to upgrade the facility to assemble our server family of products," said IBM managing director and CEO Ranjit Limaye. IBM would be sourcing components from its authorized vendors in the country and abroad and hopes to gain a cost advantage by keeping stock of components.





The Pondicherry facility is one of the seven manufacturing plants in the world, which includes three in the Asia Pacific region, namely China, Japan and Singapore. According to Mr Limaye, the Indian PC Industry is estimated at $1.6 billion and branded PCs constitute 40-50 per cent of the total market, which is dominated by the unorganized players.

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