Dell Begins Desktop Production in Sriperumbudur

Chennai

Monday, July 30, 2007

Dell today announced the commencement of production at its new manufacturing
facility at Sriperumbudur near Chennai. The ceremony was marked by the handing
over of the first 'Made in India' desktop computer system to Infosys, one of
Dell's largest customers in the country. Mr. Rajan Anandan, Vice President &
GM - Dell India, formally presented the first desktop to Group Captain Deepak
Sinha, VP-CCD and Mr. R N Koushik, AVP-CCD of Infosys, in the presence of Mr.
Kip Thompson, Vice President - Worldwide Facilities, and Mr. K Y Yong, GM,
Manufacturing Operations.

Speaking at the event, Mr. Anandan said, "The Chennai operation
reaffirms the strategic importance of India to Dell, providing significant
impetus to our growth plans and prospects here, where we are already among the
fastest growing computer systems suppliers."

After formally selecting the Chennai site in September 2006, Dell commenced
work on the project three months later. Sriperumbudur is the company's third
manufacturing location in its Asia-Pacific and Japan region, joining Penang,
Malaysia, and Xiamen, China, and is part of Dell's global network of
manufacturing facilities. Earlier this year, Dell commenced manufacturing at a
new facility in Brazil, and another will open in Poland later this year. Located
on a 50-acre site with a planned five-year investment of about US$ 30 million,
Dell expects initial capacity for the Chennai operation of 400,000 desktop
computers per annum.Speaking at the event Mr. Kip Thompson said, "We are
very appreciative of the forward looking and pro-business approach of the
government, both in the state administration and in the Union IT ministry.
Reaching this milestone in just eight months is both a credit to the people of
Dell and to the state and local officials of the Government of Tamil Nadu, and
the Union IT Ministry."

Globally, the company currently manufactures its computer systems in eight
locations: Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tenn.; and Winston-Salem, N.C., in the
U.S.; Eldorado do Sul and Hortolando, both in Brazil (Americas); Limerick,
Ireland (Europe, Middle East and Africa); and Penang, Xiamen and now Chennai
(Asia-Pacific and Japan