​ #MakeInIndia: Huawei to manufacture smartphones in Chennai

Narendra Modi’s birthday just couldn’t be any better with so many multi-national firms deciding to start making their products in India. After Cadbury, it’s the smartphone manufacturer Huawei who is all set to manufacture phones in India by the end of this month in partnership with contract manufacturer Flextronics.

As per the news reports, Flextronics will assemble the phones of Huawei at their assembly plant in Chennai. Flextronics is already assembling phones for Lenovo and Motorola there.

"Huawei may begin with a capacity of 200,000 units a month, but it can scale up rapidly as the plant has enough capacity to take on more orders," one of the persons aware of the development told the Economic Times on condition of anonymity. The company may start with some of its latest models such as Honor 5C or Huawei P9, even as it may make multiple models at the facility, the person added.