Xiaomi held an event on August 11 to launch its 10th-anniversary special products. At the conference, Lei Jun, the company’s co-founder and CEO confirmed that its “Smart Factory” in Yizhuang, Beijing has begun operations. In fact, the newly unveiled Mi 10 Ultra smartphone is manufactured there.
Back in November 2019, Lei Jun revealed that Xiaomi is building a Smart Factory powered by 5G and AI (Artificial Intelligence). Now, nine months later, the company confirms the facility to be operational.
This factory, with an area of 18,600 square meters, is equipped with a “fully automated production line spanning processes from production management to machine processing, packaging and storage”. It is capable of producing over 1 million smartphones a year.
Xiaomi has dedicated this facility to manufacture high-end premium smartphones. Additionally, the factory will be also used for testing cutting edge materials, technologies, and manufacturing process, as well as, for pre-research projects, and automation equipment R&D.
Currently, the company only produces Mi 10 Ultra Transparent Edition in its new Smart Factory. But we expect the number of models to increase with the introduction of new premium handsets in the coming quarters.
That said, Xiaomi’s CEO also disclosed that the next phase of Smart Factory will be around three years later.
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