Xiaomi Adds Indian Assembler to Revive Local Smartphone Push
- India’s Dixon to start building smartphones for Chinese firm
- Modi’s government has pushed companies to add local suppliers
Workers assemble mobile phones at a Dixon Technologies factory in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Xiaomi Corp. is handing some of its smartphone assembly in India to Dixon Technologies India Ltd., deepening its relationship with the homegrown partner as the country’s government pushes electronics manufacturers to build local supply chains.
The Chinese company has informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government about the plan for Dixon to assemble and export Xiaomi smartphones, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a technology minister in India, said late Tuesday. The partners will also explore component manufacturing, Dixon said.