PCS to set up manufacturing facility in Goa for hardware

Panaji: PCS Industries Ltd is planning to set up a manufacturing plant in Goa for manufacturing computer hardware, which is expected to roll out 1,000 personal computers and 4,000 servers per month.

The plant is expected to commence operations by March 2004 and the finished products will be sold in the domestic market, say industry sources.

The company is mainly targeting Goa for the sales of the PCs and servers, cashing in on the Cyberage scheme declared by that state government. Under the scheme, the Goan government is planning to offer free computers to 10,000 students in this academic year.

At present, PCS Industries has a manufacturing unit at Jabalali, Dubai, which caters to the international market and the Goan plant coming up near Mapusa is slated to offer jobs to around 100 computer literates.

The strategic location of Goa is the reason to set up the plant in the state by the company, which had earlier explored other places, including Pondicherry, the sources add.