Cisco likely to partner with Flex in Tamil Nadu to Make in India

Network and telecom giant Cisco, which announced its intent to start manufacturing in India, is likely to choose Flex India as its manufacturing partner in the country, multiple sources in know of the development told ET.

The plan is to start with the manufacturing of rack, tower and blade servers by the end of this calendar year, a senior government official said.

Flex India’s manufacturing unit, located in the Oragadam special economic zone (SEZ) in Chennai, is where the manufacturing will take place, another source said, adding that it was the only unit which had “manufacturing capacity enough to handle the volume of products Cisco is aiming for”.