AgenciesNEW DELHI: Indian electronics manufacturer Dixon Technologies will begin operations in its 11th manufacturing facility - its third dedicated plant for assembling mobile phones - in Noida by January next year entailing an investment of Rs 75 crore.
“We will be starting operations in January in our third handset factory which will increase our total capacity from 30 million units per month to 80 million units per month in the first year,” said Sunil Vachani, chairman, Dixon Technologies.
He added that the new plant will create more than 4000 direct jobs, including 900 in the first year.
India’s leading consumer durables manufacturer Dixon has a varied product portfolio of mobile phones, lighting products, smart TVs and washing machines. It currently has 10 manufacturing units - four in Noida (Uttar Pradesh), four in Dehradun (Uttarakhand) and two in Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh). Handsets are assembled in Noida plants.
The new 220,000 square feet plant will specialize in SMT, assembly, testing and manufacturing batteries. Dixon already has in-house capabilities for panel assembly and PCB (printed circuit board) assembly.
Padget Electronics, the wholly owned-subsidiary of Dixon Technologies, along with nine other companies was cleared by the Central government for availing incentives under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme aimed at strengthening handset manufacturing ecosystem in India.
ET reported last week that American phone brand Motorola is in talks with Dixon Technologies and Lava for a contract of manufacturing $1 billion worth of smartphones in India.
Vachani did not comment on the news.
Besides Padget, UTL Neolyncs, Lava, Bhagwati (Micromax), Optiemus Electronics, Samsung, Foxconn units Hon Hai and Rising Star, Wistron and Pegatron were also approved under PLI.
“We will be starting operations in January in our third handset factory which will increase our total capacity from 30 million units per month to 80 million units per month in the first year,” said Sunil Vachani, chairman, Dixon Technologies.
He added that the new plant will create more than 4000 direct jobs, including 900 in the first year.
India’s leading consumer durables manufacturer Dixon has a varied product portfolio of mobile phones, lighting products, smart TVs and washing machines. It currently has 10 manufacturing units - four in Noida (Uttar Pradesh), four in Dehradun (Uttarakhand) and two in Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh). Handsets are assembled in Noida plants.
The new 220,000 square feet plant will specialize in SMT, assembly, testing and manufacturing batteries. Dixon already has in-house capabilities for panel assembly and PCB (printed circuit board) assembly.
Padget Electronics, the wholly owned-subsidiary of Dixon Technologies, along with nine other companies was cleared by the Central government for availing incentives under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme aimed at strengthening handset manufacturing ecosystem in India.
ET reported last week that American phone brand Motorola is in talks with Dixon Technologies and Lava for a contract of manufacturing $1 billion worth of smartphones in India.
Vachani did not comment on the news.
Besides Padget, UTL Neolyncs, Lava, Bhagwati (Micromax), Optiemus Electronics, Samsung, Foxconn units Hon Hai and Rising Star, Wistron and Pegatron were also approved under PLI.
Read More News on
Download The Economic Times News App to get Daily Market Updates & Live Business News.