Make In India: Lenovo-Motorola starts making smartphones at Chennai plant
By Romit Guha, ET Bureau | 18 Aug, 2015, 12.56PM IST
Lenovo, which also owns Motorola Mobility, has already started rolling out two of the 4G variant of Moto E smartphone from the plant.
NEW DELHI: China's Lenovo Tuesday said that it has started local manufacturing of its smartphones at Sriperumbudur near Chennai, through a contract manufacturer. Lenovo, which also owns Motorola Mobility, has already started rolling out two of the 4G variant of Moto E smartphone from the plant, and will start making another 4G device, Lenovo K3 note device, soon.
The company said that both Lenovo and Motorola will have separate manufacturing lines at the same facility.
The plant will house 1500 employees for manufacturing lines, quality assurance, and product testing.
The current capacity of the plant is 6 million units for the current financial year, the company said. The plant is the only plant outside China, which will manufacture smartphones for both the brands
Amar Babu, COO, Asia Pacific and chairman of
Lenovo India said that the company expects its partner to source about 30% components locally. "We are talking to government to improve availability of components locally to improve the total value of devices."
Chen Xudong, President MBG group, Lenovo and
chairman Motorola Mobility operation board said that Lenovo is bullish on the Indian market and aspires to be the leader in the market.
Both Lenovo and Motorola have started integrating the manufacturing and supply chain operations and are working towards to combining many back-end operations as well.
Make In India: Lenovo-Motorola starts making smartphones at Chennai plant - The Economic Times