Exelan partners Fluke Networks

S Gopikrishna Chennai, Sep 20

Chennai-based Exelan Networking Technologies, a key partner for AMP (Tyco
Electronics) an up-and-coming networking integrator, is aiming at a turnover of
Rs 50 crore by this year-end. The company is on an aggressive growth path and is
planning to offer end-to-end solutions in the networking space. “We tied-up
recently with US-based Fluke Networks to offer their complete range of products
in India. We also opened an office in Bangalore, as part of our geographical
expansion program. In the next stage, we will add more networking products in
our bouquet of offerings and look at new markets such as Ahmedabad and Kolkata
to expand our business,” said S Premdoss Samson, Director, Exelan.

Exelan got into networking business in 1995. It deals with the complete range
of structured cabling products from AMP, which includes copper and fiber
solutions. “A couple of year back, we decided to get into active components
market also and signed up with Cisco-Linksys in the process. Now, Fluke Networks
relationship will expose us to testing market space,” he said.

Through Fluke, the company will deal with data cabling, IT networking and
telecom solutions, covering wider spectrum of products and services.

Exelan recently opened an office in Bangalore to address the local market
effectively. It was the sixth office for the company in the country. Chennai
apart, the company has offices in Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Cochin. “We are
strengthening our position in South and West mainly, since they are crucial
markets. North (Delhi) will be the final stop in our expansion program,”
informed Samson.

Exelan registered a turnover of Rs 35 crore in the last fiscal.