India has approved a manufacturing joint venture between China's Vivo and local manufacturer Dixon Technologies, marking the next phase of the country's smartphone manufacturing boom. The joint venture will acquire certain manufacturing assets from Vivo and produce part of the company's smartphone orders in India.
The 51/49 venture, majority-owned by Dixon, reflects a broader shift in how Chinese smartphone brands are expanding manufacturing in India through local partnerships. This structure could become a template for similar arrangements across the industry, helping broaden India's smartphone manufacturing story beyond Apple.
The approval allows Vivo to proceed with a long-delayed manufacturing partnership, and the venture could add annualized manufacturing volumes of about 20 million to 22 million smartphones for Dixon, based on Vivo's current sales.
