China's Xiaomi Inc has joined forces with Taiwan-based tech giant Foxconn to start assembling phones in India Cheap Chicago Bears Jerseys , seeking to cut costs and grab a bigger slice of the world's third-largest smartphone market.
The factory, in Andhra Pradesh, is a fillip for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has championed a campaign to turn India into a manufacturing powerhouse to boost economic growth and create much-needed employment.
India is the world's fastest growing smartphone market, but so far a lack of good suppliers and infrastructure have hampered efforts to manufacture phones in the country Cheap Bears Jerseys , forcing most of India's more than 100 different phone companies to import from China.
From Monday, the south Indian assembly line will roll out Xiaomi's first locally made smartphone, the Redmi2 Prime, an India-specific upgrade to its best-selling Redmi2 budget smartphone. It will be sold at 6,999 rupees ($109.58) James Daniels Bears Jersey , company executives said.
Neither Xiaomi nor contract electronics maker Foxconn disclosed the size of their investment or future production capacity.
The Indian market, which Xiaomi entered in July 2014, has fast become its second-largest, as the company's low-priced phones find favour with young and cost-conscious customers.
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Manu Jain, Xiaomi's India head, said that apart from bringing tax benefits, the new facility would help the company better manage inventory and reduce lead times from three to four weeks to under two weeks.
"Over time, most Xiaomi phones sold in India will be made in India Kevin White Bears Jersey ," Jain said, though that could take some time given the lack of development of the local supply chain.
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The number of smartphone users in India stood at around 140 million in 2014. It is expected to reach 651 million by 2019, according to a study by Cisco.
The assembly line marks a return to India for Foxconn, officially known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. The world's largest contract electronics manufacturer was forced to shut up shop in Asia's third-largest economy last year after client Nokia stopped making phones at its plant.
As individual Indian states increasingly vie for investment, Monday's opening is also a victory for Andhra Pradesh and its charismatic leader N. Chandrababu Naidu, who oversaw the development of tech hub Hyderabad Eddie Goldman Bears Jersey , now in a different state.
Foxconn, a key supplier to Apple Inc, has been among the firms making the most of Indian states' newfound competitive streak. It signed a $5 billion investment deal with the western state of Maharashtra on Saturday.
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