Aiming for 100% PC manufacturing in India in next 3 years: Lenovo

Global technology major Lenovo on Wednesday said the company will be manufacturing all of its personal computer (PC) models from India over the next three years. The firm aims to touch 100 per cent production for its PC business over this period, said senior executives of the company. This will also include its offering in AI-PC.

 

The announcements come as the firm celebrates 20-years of presence in India

 

Lenovo India Managing Director Shailendra Katiyal said that of the total PC sales in India, the company manufactured 30 per cent locally, and will hit 50 per cent next year, and eventually 100 per cent in three years-time.

 

 

Katiyal also said that the first AI-powered servers will be rolled out from its India manufacturing hub from April 1. He was talking at the firm’s flagship event Lenovo TechWorld India 2025 being held in Mumbai

 

In September last year, Lenovo launched a production facility in Puducherry which will manufacture around 50,000 enterprise AI servers and 2,400 high-end graphics processing units (GPU) units annually.

 

Lenovo, along with strengthening its manufacturing base in India, is also looking at AI talent, and looks to expand its research and development capabilities. The company announced the setting up of another R&D centre in Bengaluru, as it looks to make India as an AI hub.

 

The Chinese consumer electronic major also said that it is seeing hyper growth in India when it comes to AI. For year-to-date period Lenovo’s India revenue grew to $2.5 billion 

 

Mathew Zielinski, president, International market, Lenovo, said that India is ‘one of the most important markets in the world’.

 

“Our manufacturing footprint in India, that's not only building for India, but is also establishing India as a huge exporter. For 2024, we built, shipped to India, and shipped out of India ~18,000 crore worth of products,” added Zielinski.

 

He also added that Motorola (smartphone) business has been growing very well in India. “Our Motorola business in India has reached 8 per cent market share and its growth is in triple digits. While I cannot give the exact numbers, the growth is in the 100-160 per cent,” he said.

 

Lenovo is exporting Motorola phones from India to the rest of the world. The company claims to have 100 per cent production of Motorola smartphones in India.

 

Lenovo has its own manufacturing facility in Puducherry, and also works with Dixon Technologies.

 

Zielinski also added that the firm's AI hub would focus on developing next generation AI GPUs-based servers. “Think about hardware, software, firmware, testing validation…all things that are required to build a successful future-proof and advanced product line will take place in India.”

 

Lenovo has 14,000 employees in India. Of this, about 400 employees are in its recently launched R&D centre in Bengaluru.