Sahara Computers eyes 10pc market share

New Delhi, Sep 16: Sahara Computers and Electronics Ltd will increase its market share to 10 per cent in both personal computer (PC) and notebook market over the next two years.

Currently, the company's market share in the personal computer vertical is 4.8 per cent, while it is 5.8 per cent in notebook sector.

''We expect that our market share will increase to 10 per cent in both personal computer and notebook segment by 2009,'' company's Chief Operating Officer George Van Der Merwe said.

The company will also augment its manufacturing capacity to five thousand units a day at its Noida plant by December-end.

''We will increase the capacity of Noida plant to 5,000 units per day from its current capacity of 2,000 units a day by year-end,'' Mr Merwe said.

The company will commission its second manufacturing plant in Roorkee by the end of this year.

Sahara Computers and Electronics Ltd, a joint venture between South African IT major Sahara Computers (Pty) Ltd and Sahara India Pariwar, works with 6,500 channel partners across the country.

UNI