The Fire TV Stick will be made by Foxconn subsidiary Cloud Network Technology
Amazon.com Inc will start making its TV streaming device in India this year via a unit of Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn, the U.S. online retail giant said on Tuesday. The Fire TV Stick will be made by Foxconn subsidiary Cloud Network Technology in Chennai, marking Amazon s first foray into having one of its devices manufactured in India. Amazon said hundreds of thousands of Fire TV Sticks would be produced per year, helping it meet the demands of Indian customers. Amazon will continuously evaluate scaling capacity to additional marketplaces/cities depending on the domestic demand, the company said in a blog post.
In recent months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make-in-India’ push has gained momentum among big tech giants, especially those based in the US. Last week.
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Amazon plans manufacturing line in Chennai
February 16, 2021
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Will rope in contract manufacturer Cloud Network
Amazon on Tuesday announced its plans to begin manufacturing Amazon Devices in India. It will commence its manufacturing efforts with contract manufacturer Cloud Network Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn in Chennai and start production later this year, the company announced in its blog.
The announcement came on a day when the Tamil Nadu government today signed 28 MoUs worth ₹28,053 crore for various projects that will create employment for 68,775 persons.
Amazon’s device manufacturing programme will be able to produce hundreds of thousands of Fire TV Stick devices every year, catering to the demands of customers in India. It will continuously evaluate scaling capacity to additional marketplaces/cities depending on the domestic demand.
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New Delhi, Feb 16 (efe-epa).- E-commerce giant Amazon announced on Tuesday that it was set to produce electronic products in India for distribution in the global market.
Amazon India is expected to kick off a production line by the end of the year for Amazon Fire TV stick – a device that connects TV screens to the internet – in the city of Chennai, capital of the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
The products will be manufactured in association with Cloud Network Technology, a Chennai-based subsidiary of multinational company Foxconn, Indian Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a statement after meeting Amazon’s India head Amit Agarwal