Samsung to begin manufacturing laptops in India this year

Samsung’s president and head of the company’s mobile experience business, T.M. Roh said that the company will begin manufacturing laptops at its Noida facility from this year. This move highlights India’s growing significance as a manufacturing hub for the Korean giant, which sees the country as its second-largest manufacturing base. Roh credited the Indian government’s supportive policies for Samsung’s expansion in the country.

Roh however noted that the global demand slowdown in 2023 necessitated some optimizations at its facilities.

“Noida is the second largest base for Samsung. There may be some changes at the plant to optimize it as per the global demand, but what remains unchanged is the fact that it is an important base for us," Roh said.

Samsung that has a history of producing feature phones, smartphones, wearables and tablets in India, will continue to cooperate with the government to strengthen manufacturing in India, Roh said.

It was in August last year that India introduced restrictions on the import of laptops, tablets, servers, and other items. The move was aimed at reducing the country’s dependence on imported IT hardware, aligning with the production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes for consumer electronics like personal computers, laptops and tablets.

In May 2023, the government introduced the revamped ₹17,000 crore PLI scheme for IT hardware to attract manufacturers of laptops, tablets, and other hardware to India.

India imports laptops and tablets worth about $8 billion every year.