Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團) and Luxshare Precision Industry Co (立訊精密) plan to add millions of gaming devices to Vietnam’s annual output, according to documents they submitted to local authorities, reinforcing the country’s role in the global supply of game consoles.
Vietnam assembles a variety of electronic products destined for foreign markets, including smartphones, computers and tablets. Information on its production of consoles is not public, but Foxconn EV Energy & Component (Vietnam) Co, a subsidiary of the Taiwanese manufacturer, has capacity to produce up to 4 million gaming devices in a factory in Northern Vietnam, according to a company document from last year.
Fushan Technology (Vietnam) Ltd, another Foxconn subsidiary, is seeking a permit to expand production in Vietnam to annually make up to 4.8 million units of Microsoft Corp’s Xbox gaming devices, parts of the consoles and other unspecified electromagnetic devices, according to a company document sent to the environment department of the northern Bac Ninh Province, where the company has a production hub.
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Separately, China’s Luxshare is planning to produce up to 4.5 million game consoles a year at a factory in Vietnam, starting from next year, the company said in a proposal to Bac Ninh authorities, without indicating the brand of the devices.
Vietnam’s growing electronics footprint underscores its strategic role as manufacturers diversify beyond China amid global supply chain shifts.
Fushan plans to increase its mobile phone manufacturing capacity by 30 million units to an annual total of 140 million, according to the document, which does not mention the brand of the devices.
The company also intends to start producing charging devices for smart rings, a finger-worn wearable that has smartwatch and fitness tracker features, the document said, adding that its factory can produce annually up to 3 million smart wearable devices, including watches and bracelets.
The factory upgrade has started, with full operations scheduled to commence in April next year, Fushan said.
Fushan’s facility, originally a manufacturing plant for Nokia Oyj and Microsoft mobile devices, can also produce equipment for up to 100,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, per year, the document said.
Foxconn, known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) in Taiwan, is a supplier to Apple Inc, Microsoft and other tech firms. As of last year, it had invested more than US$3.2 billion in Vietnam, having entered the country in the 2000s.
The majority of its manufacturing operations in the country are in the northern province of Bac Ninh. Luxshare supplies Apple and other electronics multinationals too, and also has a large presence in Vietnam with multiple plants.
The Bac Ninh factory, which it is seeking to expand from an existing US$520 million investment, aims to boost total output by 20 percent to more than 300 million units, the document said, without clarifying the devices.
The plant produces headphones, virtual reality headsets, smartwatches and smart locator devices.
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