Dixon Technologies to make Acer laptops in India under PLI scheme

Dixon is an eligible player for the PLI scheme under the IT hardware category

In a big push for ‘Make in India’, Dixon Technologies, the country’s largest electronic manufacturing services (EMS) player, has tied up with Taiwanese personal computer (PC) maker Acer for the contract manufacturing of laptops, initially for the domestic market and then possibly for exports, say sources in the know.

The company is taking advantage of the government’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme. Sources say Dixon will start with the production of 500,000 Acer laptops annually in its plant in India. The plant’s capacity initially will be around 700,000 laptops per annum, going up in the next phase to one million. Production