XGIMI
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 30 October 2026 · 5 sources
Chinese maker of smart home and portable projectors, based in Chengdu.
There's no proof XGIMI pays more than the legal minimum, which in China is below a living wage, and it has no full independent audit.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 1 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 3 red flags: no evidence of a living wage, a hidden, unaudited supply chain in high-risk countries and untraced high-risk mined materials. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 1 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsMost of its products are made in countries such as China and Malaysia, where unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
- Not met: Traces its cobalt, gold and other conflict minerals to the mine
Red flags 3
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Hidden supply chain, mostly in countries with poor worker rights
- Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't traceShown to explain the grade. It isn't one of the 2 red flags that set it.
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
From press and retailer reports; XGIMI doesn't say where its products are made. The rest is shown as where electronics are usually made.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| VietnamUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| TaiwanUsual for the industry | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
| MalaysiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| South KoreaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Close to a living wage | Low |
| IndiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: cobalt, tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold mining carry child and forced labour risk (DR Congo, Indonesia), and assembly overtime is widespread.
- Makes part of its range in its own factories
- Relies on metals such as cobalt, gold and tin from artisanal mines where miners, including children, face toxic dust, mercury exposure and deadly tunnel collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes XGIMI makes projectors at its own 280-acre manufacturing base in Yibin, Sichuan, run by a wholly owned subsidiary, and says it builds lenses, optical engines and finished machines in-house; how much of its range outside makers assemble is not disclosed. In 2024 it registered a US$13 million factory in Nam Dinh, Vietnam, due to start operating in the third quarter of 2026. It publishes no supplier list, social audit results, conflict minerals report or smelter list.
Sources and actions
Sources 5
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- The projector business is cold, can XGIMI Technology tell a new story of car projection? (Yicai Global) · search the archive · XGIMI has a 280-acre manufacturing base in Yibin, Sichuan, run by wholly owned Yibin XGIMI Optoelectronics; develops and produces lenses, optical engines and complete machines in-house
- Chinese projector maker XGIMI to invest $13 mln in northern Vietnam (The Investor) · search the archive · US$13 million, 400,000-unit-a-year factory in My Thuan industrial park, Nam Dinh, due to operate from Q3 2026
- XGIMI optical engine self-production (China Securities Journal, 2021) · search the archive · Self-developed share of optical engines rose from 7.92% in 2019 to 58.72% in H1 2020; production split into component making and whole-unit assembly
- XGIMI Aura 2 Smart Projector (Bunnings Warehouse) · search the archive · XGIMI projectors sold by Bunnings in Australia
- XGIMI Projectors Australia (VIDEOPRO) · search the archive · XGIMI projector range sold by Australian retailer VIDEOPRO
Company details
- Owned by
- XGIMI Technology Co., Ltd.
- Headquarters
- China
- Last researched
- 30 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is XGIMI ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/xgimi, last researched 30 October 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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