China's Huawei to start manufacturing smartphones in India

As a confirmation of its commitment to the Government of India’s ‘Make in India’ vision, Huawei today announced it will start to manufacture smartphones in India in collaboration with leading Sketch-to-Scale™ solutions provider, Flex.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister, Information & Technology, Law, and Justice made the announcement at Huawei’s ‘Make in India’ inauguration ceremony in the Indian capital, New Delhi.
Starting from the first week of October 2016, the Flex manufacturing plant in Chennai will manufacture one of the Honor smartphones models. The plant will have the capacity to make three million units by the end of 2017.

Huawei also plans to strengthen its after sales services in India with over 200 service centers, including more than 30 exclusive Huawei service centers in India.

Emphasizing its customer-centric approach, 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.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister, Information & Technology, Law, and Justice said, "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”.

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 a sketch to scale solutions to leading companies globally.”

Recently, Huawei also launched a Global Service Center in Bengaluru.