Vivo to double its manufacturing capacity in India by 2017

Vivo, the Chinese cell phone manufacturing company is planning to double its production in India by 2017.

Vivek Zhang, Chief Marketing Officer, Vivo India told PTI, "The current capacity is one million pieces a month and it is running at full capacity. We are looking at more space to set up lines. We will be expanding it by another one million."

Earlier today Vivo launched a new smartphone V5, with 20 mega pixel front camera and a 13 mega pixel rear camera priced at Rs. 17, 980.

Kent Cheng, Chief Executive Officer, Vivo India, said, "India is the first market to have V5. We have customised colours (crown gold and space grey) for Indian consumers. We will be launching V5 in 22 cities from tomorrow."

He also added that the phone will be available for pre-order from tomorrow till November 25 and will go on sale from November 26.