| Work on 'Project Vista', a 1 lakh-square-foot expansion has already begun with the construction work launched toward the end of last last year and it is to be completed in 18 months. 'Project Vista' focusses on manufacturing more core technology products in its first unit started in 1991. |
| The Mysore unit, which became an independent company, WeP Peripherals, five years ago and has grown from Rs 140 crore to some Rs 280 crore in that period. It was formerly Wipro e-Peripherals. Wipro still holds a 30 per cent stake in WeP Peripherals. |
| One of the three state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, the Mysore-headquartered unit makes printers and printer-heads. It also has R&D facility, and was one of the first companies to invest in R&D in peripherals. |
| It has two other units, one in Hyderabad which produces dot matrix printers for the export market and UPS with R&D facility, and the other is a manufacturing facility started recently in Himachal Pradesh to cater to the north India. While Mysore continues to be its headquarters, the registered base at Bangalore takes care of the sales and marketing. |
| The Hyderabad unit has been recognised as the second largest exporter in Andhra Pradesh and its chief minister presented the export award to the company at a function about a week ago. The Hyderabad and Mysore factories have a combined manufacturing capacity of two lakh printers and one lakh UPS a year. |
| Their product range covers thermal and impact retail receipt printers, networking products comprising LAN switches, routers, modems, interface cards, print services. |
| Besides, it has strengthened its portfolio of printers by introducing a range of personal and workgroup laser printers. |
| Dot matrix, high speed and line matrix printers are its traditional and dominating business areas. Its application-specific printed chip, first designed in 1993, is certified by Microsoft and has become a part of its printer boards. |
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