The India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) has formed an IT hardware committee, headed by HP India’s managing director (MD), with an aim to ensure significant investments for the development of a competitive IT hardware ecosystem including components, parts, and design by 2026.

ICEA, which represents HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, Flextronics, Wistron, etc., aims to make India the largest manufacturing hub in the world by 2031.

The industry body said it has been consulting with global brands such as HP, Dell, Apple, Wistron, Flex, and Foxconn and their electronics manufacturing services (EMS) companies to find ways to unlock India’s IT hardware manufacturing potential.