Texas-based Dell Inc., launched its first manufacturing facility in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu ten years ago, manufacturing desktops and servers, and the company is now considering a wider range of products, a senior executive said.
Chief financial officer Thomas Sweet said, “We do have a manufacturing facility here in India. We are looking at expansion plans for that facility. But we have got to make sure that the cost environment is competitive with the global environment that we play in. So, that is an area that we are continuing to evaluate, but the market size is such that we will continue to focus on how to build products for the local market.”
The move to expand will depend on how Dell plans to balance the products it imports into India. The government has made manufacturing in the country, and, in particular, lowering imports of electronics, a key part of its economic agenda.
