Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has unveiled plans to begin manufacturing some of its high-volume servers in India.
Som Satsangi, SVP and managing director, HPE India, along with Puneet Agarwal, CEO, VVDN technologies met Ashwini Vaishnaw, hon’ble minister for railways, communications, electronics and information technology, Government of India, to share details of the initiative, ‘Make in India’.
As part of the plans, the company is looking to manufacture around $1bn worth of high-runner servers in the first five years of production in India. With the electronic manufacturing industry rapidly growing in the country, HPE has partnered with Indian manufacturer, VVDN Technologies to manufacture HPE’s products from its plant in Manesar in the state of Haryana. This manufacturing operation will support the demand from customers in India and strengthen and diversify HPE’s global supply chain.
Outside of the US, HPE has its largest workforce in India. HPE’s largest campus in the world at Mahadevapura in Bengaluru is also home to more than 4,000 of HPE’s scientists, engineers and research teams.
Antonio Neri, president and CEO at HPE, said: “Today’s announcement marks a significant milestone for HPE and reiterates our commitment to the Government of India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative for a self-reliant India.
“India is a strategic market for HPE’s business, talent, innovation and now, manufacturing. Customers in India continue to turn to HPE to help them digitally transform and our 14,000 team members here play a key role in driving our edge-to-cloud strategy. We are proud to build on our strong presence by establishing a manufacturing operation in this important country.”
Ashwini Vaishnaw, hon’ble minister for railways, communications, electronics and information technology, Government of India, said: “We welcome HPE’s decision to start their manufacturing line in India, as it will enhance domestic production capacities.
“The recently announced Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme 2.0 aims to make India a global hub for Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM). We believe large-scale IT hardware manufacturing will help in broadening and deepening the manufacturing ecosystem.”
