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Amazon India to start manufacturing electronics in the country
The logo of Amazon is pictured inside the company s office in Bengaluru, India, April 20, 2018. Picture taken April 20, 2018. Photo: Reuters Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Amazon India today announced it would start manufacturing electronic products in the country. To begin with, Amazon is going to start manufacturing Amazon Fire TV stick from India, reads a statement issued by the Indian Ministry for Electronics and Information Technology, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
The statement said Amazon India s announcement came after Indian Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Communications and Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad held a virtual meeting with Amit Agarwal, Amazon s global senior vice president and country head for India.
Amazon to manufacture Fire TV Stick in India from this year
Amit Agarwal, SVP and Country Head, Amazon India briefed Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice on its plans to begin manufacturing Amazon devices in India
Nidhi Singal | February 16, 2021 | Updated 14:22 IST
Amazon to produce devices in India
Reiterating its commitment to the Government of India s Make in India initiative for an Atmanirbhar Bharat, Amazon will start manufacturing Amazon devices in India later this year. Catering to the domestic demand, the e-commerce giant will commence manufacturing of Fire TV Stick at contract manufacturer Cloud Network Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn in Chennai later this year.
Synopsis
Amazon has partnered Foxconn’s Cloud Network Technology to begin producing Fire TV sticks at its Chennai plant, with an annual capacity of “hundreds of thousands” of units.
Reuters
Amazon is setting up its first device manufacturing line in India to make Fire TV sticks locally and has partnered with Cloud Network Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn, to begin producing the device at its Chennai plant later this year.
The e-commerce giant claimed that the production line will have an annual capacity of “hundreds of thousands” of units, and will also continuously evaluate manufacturing capacity based on domestic demand for its devices.
Amazon to Partner on Aatmanirbhar Bharat , Start Device Manufacturing in India With Fire TV Sticks
Amazon said that it will set-up its first India manufacturing line in Chennai and also evaluate its scaling capacity to other cities. By Veer Arjun Singh | Updated: 16 February 2021 14:46 IST
Amazon said it will evaluate its scaling capacity to other cities based on domestic demand
Highlights
The unit will initially produce Fire TV Stick devices
Amazon said committed to government s Make in India initiative
Amazon announced on Tuesday that it will be launching its first manufacturing line in India later this year. The unit will be set up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and will begin with producing “hundreds of thousands” of Amazon Fire TV Stick devices every year. The company further said that it will invest $1 billion to digitise 10 million small and medium businesses, help businesses in India sell worldwide enabling $10 billion in cumulative exp