Dixon Technologies to set up ICT hardware manufacturing plant around Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Dixon Technologies, an electronics manufacturing services company, has sought land from Karnataka government to set up a manufacturing plant for information and communications technology (ICT) hardware products in and around Bengaluru.

The company’s founder-cum-executive chairman Sunil Vachani held discussions with state’s deputy chief minister C N Ashwath Narayana (who holds the information technology portfolio) on Thursday in the city and expressed interest in setting up a plant to produce laptops and tablets among other gadgets. The Noida-based company, the reported market value of which is $2.5 billion, is known for manufacturing television sets for Xiaomi, washing machines for LG, lighting products for Philips and mobile phones for Samsung apart from the recent deal it inked with Nokia.