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Make In India: Samsung To Relocate Its Mobile And IT Display Production Unit From China To Uttar Pradesh

by Swarajya Staff-Dec 12, 2020 09:58 AM
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In a remarkable development under India's Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat programmes to attract investments into the manufacturing sector, electronics major Samsung is going to invest Rs 4,825 crore to relocate its mobile and IT display production unit from China to Uttar Pradesh (UP), reports Economic Times.

Announcing the positive news, UP Government's spokesperson said that this would mark the first such high-technique project of South Korean multinational corporation which would be set up in India after relocating from China.

India would become only the third nation in the world to have such a Samsung unit.

Samsung's investment also gains significance as the company presently manufactures more than 70 per cent of the global display products used in televisions, mobile phones, tablets, watches et cetera.

Samsung has been betting big on India over the recent years, having already established the world's largest smartphone making facility in UP's Noida which was inaugurated by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi in 2018.

The company is also the largest exporter out of Uttar Pradesh. Last fiscal the company had exported goods worth $2.7 billion out of the State and has set a target to export $50 billion worth of goods over the next five years.
 
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More heartwarming is the fact that due to mishandling & delay by Indian manpower contractors, Winstron is charged for non-payment of salary!
As per the article, they've paid the labour contractors who in turn haven't disbursed the salaries. Whom does one believe? BTW - next to the South Koreans or perhaps more than them, the Taiwanese enjoy the reputation of employers from hell.Both of them literally compete for the title of worst employer of the yearyear in China.

Looking at the damages caused, I'm sure they're taking the insurance companies for a Royal ride. Something our Marwari industrialists would be proud of.
 
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Nokia smartphones are now being manufactured by Lava in India

Lava is already producing smartphones for Nokia in India.

By Sai Krishna
November 26, 2020

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  • Lava International is already manufacturing smartphones for Nokia in India
  • The company has reportedly joined hands with HMD Global for the supply chain as well
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Lava International has now joined hands with HMD Global to manufacture Nokia smartphones in India. The company has already started manufacturing phones in the country for Nokia. Reports claim that Lava has joined hands with HMD Global on the supply chain front as well. HMD Global is currently only selling made-in-India Nokia phones and this partnership should further extend the initiative and take it in the right direction. Lava claims that it has a production capacity of 30 million to 45 million feature phones. It is said to be in talks with more brands (including Motorola) for a similar arrangement. Lava, which once was one of the top smartphone brands in India had lost its way with the entry of brands like Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo, and others.

Nokia 2.4 was launched in India earlier today. The phone comes with a 6.5-inch HD+ display, a 20:9 aspect ratio, 1,600 X 720 pixels resolution, and a waterdrop notch for the selfie camera. It is powered by the MediaTek Helio P22 SoC, paired with 3GB RAM and 32GB/ 64GB user-expandable storage onboard. The phone runs on Android 10 OS with near-stock UI and has a physical fingerprint sensor on the back for security. There is a dedicated Google Assistant button for easy search.

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Moving to cameras, the Nokia 2.4 has dual cameras at the back consisting of a 13MP primary sensor with an LED flash and a 2MP depth lens for portrait shots. There is a 5MP snapper on the front for selfies and video chat. Connectivity features include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/GLONASS, and micro-USB port for charging. A 4,500mAh battery with standard 5W charging support fuels the phone. The Nokia 2.4 is priced at Rs 10,399 and comes in Dusk, Fjord, and Charcoal colour options.

Nokia smartphones are now being manufactured by Lava in India
Nokia (smartphones) brand is owned by Chinese conglomerate HMD Global.
 
Make In India: Samsung To Relocate Its Mobile And IT Display Production Unit From China To Uttar Pradesh

by Swarajya Staff-Dec 12, 2020 09:58 AM
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In a remarkable development under India's Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat programmes to attract investments into the manufacturing sector, electronics major Samsung is going to invest Rs 4,825 crore to relocate its mobile and IT display production unit from China to Uttar Pradesh (UP), reports Economic Times.

Announcing the positive news, UP Government's spokesperson said that this would mark the first such high-technique project of South Korean multinational corporation which would be set up in India after relocating from China.

India would become only the third nation in the world to have such a Samsung unit.

Samsung's investment also gains significance as the company presently manufactures more than 70 per cent of the global display products used in televisions, mobile phones, tablets, watches et cetera.

Samsung has been betting big on India over the recent years, having already established the world's largest smartphone making facility in UP's Noida which was inaugurated by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi in 2018.

The company is also the largest exporter out of Uttar Pradesh. Last fiscal the company had exported goods worth $2.7 billion out of the State and has set a target to export $50 billion worth of goods over the next five years.
Glad that UP Govt is able to attract Big Electronic companies like Samsung despite strong competition from Southern states like TN and KA which already has quite well established Electronics Clusters.
We have a huge population and need more of such industries here.
Rioters must be punished. This is not the way to solve things.
 
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Nokia (smartphones) brand is owned by Chinese conglomerate HMD Global.

Incorrect, HMD Global is a Finnish company with major shareholders being Foxconn FIH mobile, Smart connect fund via ex-Nokia executive and finally Nokia itself. And even Foxconn is not Chinese, it is from Taiwan.
 
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For the amount of time we have been begging, we could have at least invested in some university to do R&D and progressed a bit. Its beyond my understanding why would any country invest billions of dollars when they can easily earn more by exporting to India? Even if we progress to fabrication of 100-50mm node size is worth the effort.

For market access. If one company jumps in, then we can raise tariffs for imports, forcing other companies to come in, in order to retain market access. Also, it's to prevent new competition from coming up.
 
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For market access. If one company jumps in, then we can raise tariffs for imports, forcing other companies to come in, in order to retain market access. Also, it's to prevent new competition from coming up.
Most of the companies have already invested huge amounts in building fabrication plants , dont think they will be willing to build new one in India. More than that no one is going give you the technology, even china has resorted to poaching ppl, stealing IP...etc given that it would be wise to start now and gain some experience on our own. We need grow our market locally using our own products like china did. We should start small by manufacturing peripherals, ethernet chips, microcontrollers , opamp chips..etc.

Recently TSMC got approval approval to build a fabrication plant in Arizona for $12 billion, this kind of investment happens once in a 5 years or so.
 
Most of the companies have already invested huge amounts in building fabrication plants , dont think they will be willing to build new one in India. More than that no one is going give you the technology, even china has resorted to poaching ppl, stealing IP...etc given that it would be wise to start now and gain some experience on our own. We need grow our market locally using our own products like china did. We should start small by manufacturing peripherals, ethernet chips, microcontrollers , opamp chips..etc.

Recently TSMC got approval approval to build a fabrication plant in Arizona for $12 billion, this kind of investment happens once in a 5 years or so.
Then GoI has to come forward with finances, invest in R&D & organise an exclusively Indian consortium composed of only Indian conglomerates . This has been going on since 2011-12. If the mountain doesn't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain.
 
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Then GoI has to come forward with finances, invest in R&D & organise an exclusively Indian consortium composed of only Indian conglomerates . This has been going on since 2011-12. If the mountain doesn't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain.
I am not for GOI to blindly invest or end up creating cartels which monopolize technology (if we indeed create any). It just we are not doing it the right way. We should be looking at grass root level like universities to create a culture of innovation. Given the amount of equipment we import, even if 5% of it is invested in creating facilities in universities to work on current technology that will be great. We need to show that intention of creating things instead of following stuff just for sake of procedure.

We need to have that progressive attitude of wanting to compete with rest of the world instead of just saying our import bill is now lesser than before. This is going to be a long haul of another 10-15 years of persistent and consistent policy to convince companies to take risk and invest.
 
Most of the companies have already invested huge amounts in building fabrication plants , dont think they will be willing to build new one in India. More than that no one is going give you the technology, even china has resorted to poaching ppl, stealing IP...etc given that it would be wise to start now and gain some experience on our own. We need grow our market locally using our own products like china did. We should start small by manufacturing peripherals, ethernet chips, microcontrollers , opamp chips..etc.

Recently TSMC got approval approval to build a fabrication plant in Arizona for $12 billion, this kind of investment happens once in a 5 years or so.

It depend on who and what you are offering.

For example, AMD, as was planned, sets up shop in India, all those other fab plants are going to have to take a back seat.

Naturally, we are going to start small and then scale up.
 
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It depend on who and what you are offering.

For example, AMD, as was planned, sets up shop in India, all those other fab plants are going to have to take a back seat.

Naturally, we are going to start small and then scale up.

There are only a few big fabs left at the cutting edge nodes namely TSMC, Intel and Samsung. Even AMD now uses TSMC. These latest fabs cost tens of billions of dollars and upto five years of time. So, nobody is opening that in India. There is no starting small in this industry, you either go big and scale or you fail. Of course you can run a small military use fabs at older, much higher lithography which we already do.