Wipro Starts Hardware Manufacturing Unit In Uttarkhand

Friday, September 12, 2008: Wipro Infotech has launched its new manufacturing unit at Kotdwar in Uttarakhand. The new Wipro unit shall manufacture servers, storage, notebooks, desktops and allied IT electronics. This facility has been specifically set up to facilitate operations to cater to customers in northern parts of the country. The unit has a manufacturing capacity of approximately 1,000 machines a day.
The project was initiated on 9 January 2007 and completed on 9 September 2008. This new facility is geared to ramp up to generate direct and indirect employment for skilled labour in the region.

While launching the new Wipro unit, Anand Sankaran, chief executive, Wipro Infotech, said, “The addition of the second facility in Kotdwar is another expression of our commitment towards Wipro’s computing business which has shown robust growth over the years. As the subcontinent reaps the benefit of being one of the fastest growing economies, we felt the need to equip ourselves with enhanced world class manufacturing and delivery capabilities.”

Situated at the foothills of the Himalayas, 255 kms from Delhi, the plant is spread over 5.8 acres of land and built over an area of 75,000 sq. ft. Some of the key capabilities of this manufacturing unit are: fully automated production lines designed on LEAN manufacturing practice applying Six Sigma principles; product engineering and R&D labs for continuous innovation in products and processes; and green facility with water harvesting, green belt, low energy consumption and negligible environment emissions.

Added Ashok Tripathy, business head, personal computing division, Wipro, said, “This facility, in addition to our existing unit in Pondicherry, will further Wipro’s expansion plans of cutting-edge indigenous-products and services. This manufacturing unit strategically located at the foothills of Himalayas signifies conjugation of ecology and technology. The Wipro unit is a green facility manufacturing 100 per cent RoHS-compliant products in line with our commitment to ecological sustainability.”