Datawind to set up two more manufacturing plants in India in next six months

After Aakash tablet-maker Datawind has stopped importing finished products from China, the company is planning to come up with two more manufacturing units in India within next six months in order to meet its local requirements.

Suneet Singh Tuli, Datawind president and CEO, told PTI "The new schemes and taxes now in place have made it beneficial for mobile devices companies to Make in India and Datawind is no exception. We will add two more within six months as we have stopped importing finished products from China."

He further added, "We need to set up one unit in South and another in East part of the country for quick supplies in the region."

Currently, the company has an assembly unit in Amritsar and a manufacturing facility for touch panels.

Singh revealed that Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Datawind has shipped more than one lakh Internet-enabled tablets and smartphones from its Amritsar facility that was opened last month.