CHENNAI: NCR India, domestic operations wing of NCR Corporation (Consumer transaction technology-ATM, POS and Touch Kiosks) is planning to shift its manufacturing facility from Puducherry to Chennai by the end of this year.
Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, Jaivinder Singh Gill, Vice President, India and South East Asia, NCR Corporation said that the new 117,000 sq feet manufacturing plant that is coming up at Mahindra World City, Chengalpattu would be completed by the end of 2014, starting production by 2015 keeping in line with the company’s plans of entering sectors such as hospitality and retail through its Point of Sales (POS) and Self Service Kiosks.
At present they have a manufacturing plant and an R&D division at Puducherry, post the opening of the Chengalpet plant, “the entire manufacturing operations will be shifted to Chennai in a phased manner by next year, keeping in mind the customer and supply service base beside logistical advantage here at Chennai.” said Robert Visintainer, Vice President, NCR Global Manufacturing. When asked about the investment into the Chengelpet plant, he declined to share numbers but said the company has invested more than what it has done so far in any of its global facilities.
Currently among the 160,000 ATMs across the country, NCR India has a presence of 44 per cent providing end to end solutions for consumer transaction technology in banking, hospitality and retail sectors for domestic markets as well as exports of up to 15 per cent of its solutions to Europe and the US from its Indian plant at present.