Inventec Appliances, a subsidiary of Inventec, completed recently the second phase of its factory in Nanjing, doubling its handset production capacity to 86 million units a year, according to the company.

Total investment for the second phase expansion project, which has a floor area of 89,244 square meters, reached US$50 million, the company noted.

The new facilities are expected to begin volume production of handsets in March 2016, the company noted.

Market sources indicated that Inventec Appliances has landed orders from China-based Xiaomi Technology for production of the forthcoming Xiaomi Mi 5 smartphones, which are to be launched after the Lunar New Year holidays in February.

Invectec Appliances has secured about 60% of Xiaomi Mi 5 orders, the sources added.

In addition to smartphones, the Nanjing plant also produces telecommunication modules for M2M and IoT applications, said Inventec Appliances.

Inventec shipped over 55 million smartphones in 2015, of which 30 million units were produced by Inventec Appliances.