(Reuters) -Electrical car maker BYD Co (SZ:) Ltd mentioned on Monday its unit struck a cope with U.S.-based manufacturing agency Jabil Inc’s Singaporean unit to purchase its product manufacturing enterprise in China for 15.8 billion yuan ($2.17 billion).

The deal will broaden BYD Digital (Worldwide) Co’s (BE) buyer base, product portfolio, and broaden its enterprise of smartphone parts, and increase its development because it appears to be like to seize the potential development within the sector.

Jabil Circuit (NYSE:) (Singapore), which manufactures printed circuit boards, established a unit this month with product manufacturing enterprise in Chengdu and Wuxi, which can now be offered to the Chinese language EV maker.

“Whereas enhancing BE’s market share of merchandise, the acquisition will successfully synergize with BE’s present merchandise, improve the general competitiveness, guarantee long-term sustainable growth,” BYD mentioned in an change submitting, with out divulging any additional particulars in regards to the acquisition.

Jabil didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for particulars.

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