Xiaomi has announced local manufacturing of Mi LED TVs in India. Taking another step towards Make in India, the Chinese manufacturer has partnered with Dixon Technologies to locally manufacture its range of Mi LED TVs in India.
Electronics contract manufacturer Dixon Technologies is helping put the temple town of Tirupati , Andhra Pradesh, on the map of hardware manufacturing in India. The company has 8 units spread across 3 states and is the largest manufacturer of TVs in India. At its newest plant in Tirupati, it manufactures TVs, CCTV cameras and Digital Video Recorders in a 32-acre campus employing 850 people and located just 2 kms from the International airport.
It has just added Xiaomi as a client for the manufacture of 32-inch and 43-inch Mi-LED smart TVs at Tirupati and is all set to ramp up to full capacity of 100,00 Mi TVs a month by January 2019. For starters, the plant will assemble Mi LED Smart TVs 4A 80 cm (32”) and 4A 180 cm (43”) sets. This comes at a time when Mi LED TV has become the number 1 Smart TV Brand in India according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker, for the 2nd quarter of 2018.
Last week, the Dixon plant was formally inaugurated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. On the occasion, select members of the media were given a privileged look at the Xiaomi TV production line.
These pictures illustrate parts of the Mi-LED smart TV assembly line:
Above: Anand Parthasarathy visting the manufacturing plant clean room dressed in a compulsory uniform, mask and headcap.
Above: ( Sarting from left to right) Placing a mask over the LED back lighting strips, Positioning the LCD panel, LCD panel assembly is made in a Class 1000 Clean Room, Inserting the mother board, A final visual test of TV images in mirror, Mi TVs packed and ready to ship. (Photo: Anand Parthasarathy)
Additionally, at the event, Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Dixon Technologies India’s Executive Chairman Sunil Vachani, and Minister for Information Technology, Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Nara Lokesh were also present.
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