Dell starts PC exports from India

Dell has started exporting PCs from its plant in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. Sources close to the company said Dell would be exporting several thousand desktop computers every quarter to the Middle East. Its Sriperumbudur plant has the capacity to make 1 million units a year. Vinnie Mehta, executive director in the hardware body Manufacturers Association of IT (MAIT), said if Dell indeed had started exports, this would be the first large PC brand to go into overseas markets. Other companies like Delhi-based Simmtronics Semiconductors have been making efforts to export PCs.