After being asked by the Indian government to close the factory in late March, the giants Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and Samsung began to reopen.
The company has been licensed to operate after a long time of closure. However, local human resources are still limited because the state government has not yet made a decision to stop social exclusion completely, while the federal government allowed the resumption of smartphone production at the beginning of the month.
The decision to resume the smartphone manufacturing industry of New Delhi was made after a few days, the Indian capital extended an additional two weeks of closure and removed some restrictions to revive the stagnant economy from the end of March.
In early May, smartphone factories started working again. Photo: Getty Images.
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Earlier this week, the Indian government allowed e-commerce and passenger transport companies to resume service in safe areas, where there are fewer reported cases of Covid-19 than nationwide. Of which, 82% of India with 733 districts is a safe area.
On May 8, Xiaomi launched a series of new products in India after a long time of closure, including the top smartphone duo Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro. Earlier, the company said the inventory would be exhausted in the next three weeks if not resumed.
Manu Kumar Jain, Xiaomi's vice president responsible for overseeing the Indian business, said the company is working with Foxconn to restart production.
A source close to TechCrunch revealed that Wistron, Apple's contract partner, has begun to launch some stages in the iPhone manufacturing process in southern India.
Vivo, India's second largest smartphone provider, said the company will continue to produce at 30% of capacity. "We will start production with about 3,000 employees," Vivo's spokesman said.
Similar to Vivo, Oppo will also reopen its factory in the city of Greater Noida with 3,000 employees working alternately. Finally, Samsung, the South Korean tech giant, said it would resume production soon after a long break.
“Thursday, May 7, the plants have begun to operate with limited restrictions. Safety and welfare of our employees are always our top priority. Samsung ensures all workplace spacing and hygiene measures will be taken continuously under government guidelines, ”a Samsung spokesperson said.
The outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic severely disrupted some trading activities. Last month, no phones in India were sold, according to Counterpoint data. The analysis firm predicts smartphone shipments in India will fall by 10% this year, while in 2019 and 2018 the increase will be 8.9 and 10%, respectively.