Taipei - Hon Hai, the world's largest electronics components manufacturer, and IBM will sign a pact Wednesday on jointly developing environment-friendly products, the Central News Agency (CNA) said Tuesday.

Parliament Speaker Wang Jin-pyng and Environmental Protection Administration Minister Shen Shu-hung will witness the signing of the pact on strategic alliance, CNA said.

CNA did not reveal details of the cooperation, but said that in 2007, IBM launched Project Big Green which is aimed at protecting the environment.

IBM vowed to invest one billion US dollars into this project annually to provide environment-friendly and energy-efficient products and services, CNA said. (dpa)