Intel partners Bhagwati, Dixon, VVDN & others for ‘Make in India’ laptops

American chipmaker Intel has collaborated with eight electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and original design manufacturers (ODMs) in India, including Bhagwati and VVDN, to accelerate the domestic manufacturing of laptops.

“Bringing its end-to-end knowledge of the IT industry ecosystem, Intel provided key technological and operational insights to lay the foundations of a robust laptop manufacturing industry in the country,” Intel said in a statement Friday, as it underlined its commitment to the Make in India initiative.

Including Bhagwati and VVDN, Intel has collaborated with Dixon Technologies, Kaynes Technology, Optiemus Electronics, Panache Digilife, Smile Electronics, and Syrma SGS, for its foray of making laptops here.

For certain of these companies, this marks their first foray into laptop manufacturing. This collaboration between Intel and the Indian manufacturing ecosystem is aimed at enabling them to meet both domestic and global demand.

“I am very pleased that global organizations like Intel are partnering with India, helping to build and catalyze the electronics manufacturing ecosystem for laptops and compute. This aligns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to drive India’s Digital Economy to $1 Trillion and enable the electronics manufacturing ecosystem to contribute $300 billion by 2025-26,” said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Under this collaboration, Intel shared its expertise to facilitate the production of complete entry-level laptops in India, which included utilising SMT lines, setting up a quality control process for components and even benchmarking finished products. Intel also provided support to ODMs spanning both Semi Knocked Down (SKD) and Completely Knocked Down (CKD) processes.

“By enabling the laptop manufacturing process – from surface mount technology assembly to finished product – we are not only meeting the demands of the Make in India initiative but also contributing to the technological progress of the nation,” said Santhosh Viswanathan, VP & MD, India Region, Intel.