Google Seeks Suppliers to Move Some Pixel Production to India
- Company following Apple in diversifying assembly beyond China
- Google in talks with potential partners Lava, Dixon, Foxconn
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google is scouting for suppliers in India to assemble its Pixel smartphones as it borrows from Apple Inc.’s playbook to diversify beyond China.
Google has initiated early conversations with companies including homegrown Lava International Ltd. and Dixon Technologies India Ltd. as well as Foxconn Technology Group’s Indian unit Bharat FIH, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be named as the matter is private.