In an event in New Delhi, the Chinese Telecom giant Huawei has announced that, they will start manufacturing smartphone in India starting from next month. The Chinese firm in collaboration with US-based Flextronics (Flex) will manufacture the smartphone. Starting from the first week of October 2016, the Flex manufacturing plant in Chennai will manufacture one of the Honor smartphone models, as said in a press note. The honourable Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister, Information & Technology, Law and Justice, made the announcement at Huawei’s ‘Make in India’ inauguration ceremony in New Delhi today.
Announcing the manufacturing facility from Delhi, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Honb’le Union Minister, Information & Technology, Law and Justice said:
“I would like to congratulate Huawei on their commitment to pursue their ‘Make in India’ vision. The Government of India is pleased to see so much enthusiasm for our “Make in India” initiative. We are working towards making India an electronic manufacturing hub. As India is set to become the second largest smartphone market, our government would like to invite even more businesses to come and manufacture in India. This is an opportune time to start manufacturing from India. The smartphone landscape in India is growing every day and such initiatives by technology leaders will help accelerate the growth of local manufacturing industry in India.”
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Mr. Jay Chen, CEO, Huawei India said:
“We have been present in India for the last 16 years and as part of our India focus, we have been consistently expanding our footprint in the market. This year especially has been of significance in our India journey. We recently launched our world class GSC in Bengaluru and the start of manufacturing in India is an affirmation of our commitment to India and supports the Make in India campaign. We are convinced about the growth potential and future of India and we’ll keep looking for opportunities to increase our presence here.”
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Adding further to the development, Mr. Peter Zhai, President, Huawei India Consumer Business Group stated:
“We have seen significant acceptance of our smartphones in India over the last few years and have big plans for India. We have been evaluating a manufacturing unit for a long time and have partnered with Flex given their legacy, expertise and knowledge in providing sketch to scale solutions to leading companies globally.”
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Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Jeff Reece, Head of Flex Telecom segment said:
“We are thrilled to expand our global partnership with Huawei. Our alliance with Huawei in India is a testament of our commitment towards boosting local manufacturing. It also further demonstrates our commitment to bring innovative supply chain solutions, high-quality advanced manufacturing and after-market services to Huawei and ultimately the consumers.”
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Adding further,
“Flex has been in India over the last 16 years and has the right building blocks to help our customers who wish to design, build, distribute and service their products both domestically and globally.”
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The Chennai plant will have the capacity to make three million units by the end of 2017. Apart from this, Huawei also strengthening their after sales services in India by opening over 200 service centres out of which more than 30 are exclusive Huawei service centres in India. Huawei Consumer Business Group will also expand its distribution network by partnering with more than 50,000 retail outlets by the end of 2016. This retail network will add to the existing 350+ distributors in India to create a comprehensive, nationwide distribution system.
