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Wednesday, May 04, 2005
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Hardware Maran to pitch for Intel chip plant Our Bureau
Mr Dayanidhi Maran, Information and Technology Minister, with Mr Allen Ma, President, British Telecom, Global Services, at a seminar in the Capital on Tuesday. - - Kamal Narang
New Delhi , May 3 THE Communications and IT Minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, has said the Government would impress upon the US-based chip maker Intel Corp to set up a manufacturing unit in India. Mr Maran will meet the Intel Chief, Mr Craig Barrett, at the end of the month during his visit to the US. "I am visiting the CEO of Intel, Mr Craig Barrett, to persuade him to set up a factory here. My Chinese counterpart has already made his case before the company. I want to present India as the most suitable destination for setting up the factory," Mr Maran said on Tuesday, on the sidelines of a seminar on sharing experience between British Telecom and the Department of Telecom. Mr Maran said Intel has short-listed China and India for setting up a factory. At present, Intel does not make hardware in India, but has a software development centre in Bangalore where most of its 1,500 employees in India work. In China, it has a network of research and product development centres including the Intel China Software Lab in Shanghai and the Intel Wireless Technology Development Center in Shenzhen. During his visit to India in November last year, Mr Barrett had said the company was evaluating the country as a possible location for manufacturing. "The question is whether we will put up a manufacturing plant in India... I will not say no to that. India is one of the several countries that we are evaluating from a manufacturing perspective. We are not ready to announce a location for our next manufacturing plant at this time. India is one of the several competitors," he had said. Mr Barrett had also said that while there were 100 countries that would like to have an Intel manufacturing plant, they all needed to recognise the intense competitive environment based on parameters such as transportation, customs, utilities, government rules and regulations.
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