The Hindu Business Line : BlueBox to begin Indian operations

BLUEBOX, a British hardware inventory firm, is establishing Indian operations in Bangalore, said the British High Commissioner to India, Sir Michael Arthur, at the inaugural of the Bangalore IT.COM 2004.

The subsidiary of the London-based Azure Integration Ltd offers supply solutions through its proprietary procurement model. The company has plans to offer over £2,50,000 of supply-only solutions to new and existing Indian customers such as HP, Intel, GM, Tata Infotech and Wipro.

The company would initially focus on sales and marketing in the region.

Randox, a northern Ireland-based biopharma company, is also setting up Indian operations, Sir Michael said. In its first manufacturing unit outside the UK, the diagnostic reagent and equipment maker, which earlier had distribution activities in the country, is planning to manufacture out of India.

Randox develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of clinical diagnostic products for laboratory medicine. The privately-held multi-million pound company that employs over 600 people including over 185 scientists, mainly offers biochip array technologies, clinical chemical automation systems, external quality assurance, Net-driven quality assurance systems, quality control material, clinical reagents and environmental diagnostics.

Sir Michael is launching a book `Infinite Posssibilities: A guide to establishing a presence in the UK'. The book is being jointly brought out by the UK Trade and Investment and the National Association of Software and Services Companies.