Google eyes suppliers to move some Pixel manufacturing to India - report
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Google is looking for suppliers in India to assemble its Pixel phones in an attempt to diversify beyond China, Bloomberg reported.
Google, a unit of Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), has started early discussion with companies including Lava International and Dixon Technologies India, and Foxconn Technology Group's Indian unit Bharat FIH, the report added citing people with knowledge of the matter.

Google would be the latest technology company to move manufacturing to India, taking a page out of Apple's (AAPL) playbook to diversify beyond China.
The potential collaborators in India have won production-linked financial incentives in the Asian country, which have strengthened local production. Apple has utilized the program to broaden its supplier base in India and tripled iPhone output to over $7B in the fiscal year through March 2023, according to the report.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been pitching India as an alternative production hub to China. Companies have started worrying about risks related to depending on China after the country's strict COVID lockdown rules and trade tensions with the U.S.

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