Vivo India expands mobile production facility to 33.4 mn units per year

Smartphone maker Vivo India on Wednesday announced expansion of mobile manufacturing facility to 33.4 million units per annum and increased headcount to close to 10,000 people.

The company is also planning to start the next phase of mobile manufacturing expansion from mid-2020 under which it plans to increase headcount by another 5,000 persons but incremental production capacity will depend on market demand prevailing at that time, Vivo India Director for Brand Strategy Nipun Marya told reporters here.

“We had 25 million units per annum capacity earlier which was running at full capacity. Recent industry number shows that overall market share of Vivo has gone up by 5 per cent. There was immediate need to expand manufacturing facility. This is the first step of expansion where we have added 8.4 million incremental capacity,” Marya said.