Xiaomi expands smartphone, TV capacity in India with 3 new plants
Leading consumer electronics firm Xiaomi has enlisted three
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to boost its supply of smartphones and
smart televisions (TVs) in India. The Chinese major will now have three
additional plants to feed local demand that has grown rapidly after the
lockdown in mid-2020.
Xiaomi, that leads in both the smartphone and smart TV markets in
India, has partnered two Chinese OEMs — BYD Electronic Company and DBG
Technology — for smartphone manufacturing here.
Shenzhen-headquartered BYD has been a supplier to Nokia and
Motorola for years, and is currently setting up a plant for Xiaomi in Chennai.
DBG, that originated from Huizhou (in China’s central Guangdong
province), has already set up a facility in Bawal in Haryana. Additional
capacity offered by DBG has increased Xiaomi’s monthly smartphone supply by 20
per cent in India. While the smartphone company did not specify numbers, the
data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) shows Xiaomi having shipped
41 million smartphones, or 3.4 million devices every month, in 2020.
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