Pro Team to have manufacturing facility at Noida

With an aim to increase its market share and overall
footprint in the country, Singapore-based Pro Team Computer Corporation,
popularly known by its Mora brand is gearing up to start its own manufacturing
facility in Noida. Situated in Phase II of Noida, the manufacturing facility
would produce motherboards and graphic cards for the company's operations in
the Indian region.

"The market acceptance for our products has grown
multi-fold and this has prompted us to make this decision a reality. We have
taken up around 1000 sq mt of space in Noida for this facility. We would be
investing between Rs eight crore toRs10 crore for this project," informed,
Munish Sharma, Director, Overseas Operations, Pro Team Computer Corporation.

Providing a boost to the company's Indian operations, the
manufacturing facility is likely to start functioning by end of second quarter for
this year. "Once we start this facility, there would surely be an added
advantage of cost for the overall company's operations. We will be in a better
position to price our products more aggressively in the market," he
explained.

Increase in channel thrust

As the company is in the mode of strengthening its Indian
operations, it is looking forward to adding vigor to its channel fabric in the
country as well. Working with around 250 channel partners, presently the company
has its offices in locations like Ludhiana, Jaipur, Dehradun, Lucknow and Kolkata.
Moving forward, it is looking up to strengthen it snet work in the Southern part
of the country by opening its offices at Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore.

"Presently, we have are 32 people. This will grow
considerably, once we start operations in other cities. So ideally, we would be
present in about 12 to 15 major cities of the country by the end of this year.
This expansion in our operations would be timed with the manufacturing of our
products" Sharma added. 

ZIA ASKARI