Hewlett Packard (HP), the US-based IT company, will go ahead with its plan to manufacture desktops and workstations in partnership with Flex at Sriperumbudur near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, from August 2020.

This will significantly boost Tami Nadu’s share in electronic hardware manufacturing.

The geographical advantage of Chennai, which has three major ports, has been a major factor in HP deciding to put up its second manufacturing facility after Pantnagar in Uttarakhand.

After Dell, which also has a plant at Sriperumbudur, HP will be the second company to manufacture PCs in Tamil Nadu.

HP has been manufacturing PCs at its plant in Pantnagar in Uttarakhand since 2006. This facility will continue to cater to markets in North India and the Sriperumbudur plant for South India.

HP’s facility in Sriperumbudur will create job opportunities in the manufacturing sector.

Flex has three manufacturing sites in Tamil Nadu. It builds products for domestic and export markets in consumer, power, telecom, computing, automotive and industrial segments.