Lenovo announced that it has started manufacturing smartphone in Chennai with its global partner, Flextronics. The company’s new plant will make Moto E of brand Motrola and K3 Note from Lenovo. The new manufacturing plant is located in Sriperambudur, Chennai and has been built around 40,000 Sq Ft area. For the current financial year, Lenovo and Motorola will generate a capacity of 6 million units. The Moto E has already started rolling out from the plant and the K3 note will follow very soon.
The event also witnessed Dr. Ajay Kumar, Addl. Secretary, Department of Electronics & IT, Government of India and Debjani Ghosh, President, MAIT. Expressing his pleasure over this new initiative of Lenovo, Dr. Ajay said, “We are very much happy to see so huge response on PM’s ‘Make in India’ plan from so many IT players in last few months. We are very much committed to provide all necessary support to establish manufacturing plant in India. I congratulate team Lenovo for this new initiative and promise to provide all support from the government.”
According to Chen Xudong, President MBG Group, Lenovo and chairman Motorola Mobility Operating Board, “Lenovo is not new to manufacturing in India. We recognized the potential of India and we invested in PC manufacturing several years ago. Lenovo’s investment in the new manufacturing plant represents the potential we see in the Indian market and our long term commitment to our customers. In the past ten years, our brand has grown manifold in India. We are excited to expand our presence and tap into India’s competent talent pool that will enable us to develop cutting-edge products for our customers across the world.”
“The Indian Government’s thrust on ‘Make in India’ has opened up a plethora of opportunities for organizations looking to conduct business in India”, said Amar Babu, COO, Asia Pacific & Chairman, Lenovo India. “Currently for smartphones, India is the third largest smartphone market in the world, according to IDC and we believe this an opportune time. Lenovo is transforming into a global consumer technology brand by differentiating itself on innovation and design. Today’s announcement reiterates India’s strategic importance in Lenovo’s global strategy and we are confident that this will propel Lenovo to its next phase of growth, diversifying beyond PCs into smart connected devices.”
The Lenovo and Motorola brands have seen huge success in India and have come back to manufacture in India in support of the ‘Make in India’ initiative. Both companies have started integrating the manufacturing and supply chain operations and are working towards to combining many back-end operations as well.
The campus will house 1500 employees for manufacturing lines, quality assurance, product testing, etc. Both Lenovo and Motorola will have separate manufacturing lines at the same facility.
