MRO-TEK set up third manufacturing unit

BANGALORE: MRO-TEK has opened its third manufacturing facility at Electronics

City, Bangalore. An investment of Rs 1 crore has already been pumped into the

new facility which is expected to increase the firm’s productivity by 30 per

cent.

The facility, with a floor space of 20,000 sq feet and will have a pick and

place machine and automated testing machines. This apart, it will also have the

capacity to manufacture 1,000 modem units per day. This facility will

manufacture 64K digital Modems, converters, NT-1, 2MB modems.

The facility will operate at 30 per cent capacity this year that will be

gradually increase to 60 per cent and the remaining 40 per cent will be kept as

redundant capacity. With a capability of indigenous manufacturing, nearly 80 per

cent of delivery efficiency, quick support service and absorption of technology

will be achieved.

The firm's managing director H Nandi said, "With increasing

alliances, there is a growing product line which calls for a need to upgrade

technologies and this new facility will address that issue. We would shortly be

adding more products to our line apart from already manufacturing line drivers,

HDSL modems, 2 MB modems, NT 1’s and Converters."

"The revenues expected to be generated by the networking industry is

around Rs 5000 crore for 2000-2001 in India and this is expected to grow by

around 60 per cent. The potential for growth in networking business is

exponential as the Indian businesses and government is increasingly investing in

building infrastructure for broadband communications. We hope to capitalize on

this trend by equipping ourselves with the latest technology and reduce lead

time delivery, efficiency and real time service." added Nandi.