CRN Network, July 26 2007, 1425 hrs
PC maker Lenovo today announced that it is opening the company’s second manufacturing plant and fulfillment operations center in Baddi, after Pondicherry, in Himachal Pradesh.
The plant in Baddi will manufacture both Think and Lenovo-branded PCs and is expected to be operational in the third fiscal quarter of 2007.
“Having a manufacturing presence in North and South India extends our capability to serve our customers in this market, strengthen our world-class, best engineered quality and improves our competitiveness,” said Neeraj Sharma, MD, Lenovo South Asia.
The Baddi plant, measuring 130,000 square feet, will employ approximately 350 people and have an annual capacity of two million units. It will support regional customer requirements including product assembly, distribution services, and reverse logistics. It will also offer additional value added services such as product configuration including custom imaging, and bundled and over packed orders. |