IT infrastructure giant Cisco is considering setting up a manufacturing and services unit in Maharashtra.
Cisco is in preliminary talks with the government of Maharashtra to establish a manufacturing and services unit in the state. The Chief Minister’s office said that the state government is willing to extend all help to the San Francisco-headquartered company.
“A senior Maharashtra Government official said the company, which is famed for its routers and switches, is expected to come up with a more concrete proposal by early July. Given the market demand and availability of quality manpower, the company is keen to invest in the state.
For fiscal 2011, global revenues of Cisco were $43.2 billion. It has been present in India since 1995 and has a pan-India network for sales and marketing of its products.
The company has a software development centre in Bangalore.
