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Sony Ericsson started construction of a new factory Monday in Beijing in a move to make China its global manufacturing base.
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The new factory, covering an area of 18,500 square meters, will manufacture mobile handsets and assemble surface mounted circuit boards to meet growing market demand. Gunilla Nordstrom, president of Sony Ericsson China, said the establishment of the new factory would contribute to the consolidation of China's status as the company's strategic development base. The new plant is located between the company's other two factories, Beijing Se Putian Mobile Communications (BMC), which covers 25,610 square meters and produces mobile handsets, and Beijing Suohong Electronics (BSE), which covers 12,000 square meters and manufactures printed circuit boards. After raising its stake in BMC to 51 percent in 2004 and then acquiring BSE last November, the company's move to build a new factory is part of a drive to make Beijing the Sony Ericsson global manufacturing center, said Roger Ericsson, president of BMC. A spokesperson for Sony Ericsson China said BMC represented roughly one-third of Sony Ericsson's global manufacturing volume with direct shipment to 119 countries and regions, but would not give the new plant's production capacity. BMC has already shipped 100 million phones. Exports reached 22.14 billion yuan (US$2.9 billion) in 2006, an 18 percent increase year-on-year.Check out this classic video of Sony Ericsson's factory in france.
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Posted: 2007-06-19 12:08:14
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Consumers don't care where the phones are manufactured as long as quality is maintained. But, Made in China is not the choice of many consumers if more options are available. Hiding the country of origin is a good tactic used by manufacturers, specially the country concerned is China or India.. I tried hard to find out where my P990 was born but did not succeed. I believe it is China...
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Posted: 2007-06-19 12:18:09
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Its very ironic that the President of BMC is called Roger Ericsson, coincidence or family ties?...i smell a conspiracy!
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Posted: 2007-06-19 14:47:26
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Residentevil Posts: > 500
I prefer Made not in China.
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Posted: 2007-06-19 14:58:36
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I think everyone does, but unfortunately from now onwards we will be seeing the most of our future
phones from china...sad but true!
[ This Message was edited by: axxxr on 2007-06-19 14:04 ]
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Posted: 2007-06-19 15:04:28
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I hope it will have the same good quality
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Posted: 2007-06-19 15:19:04
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@Residentevil: I second that.
@BBS: That is probably why they use terms like "Finished in" or "Aassembled in" so that u don't see where it's actually manufactured. Sad but true.
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Posted: 2007-06-19 15:19:13
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No doubt about that, Quality control will be right upto
standards....unfortunately China now is the worlds factory for everything.
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Posted: 2007-06-19 15:21:03
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I would be surprised if SE doesn't have control over production quality at these Chinese factories.
If a Chinese built K850i fell into your lap would you turn your nose up at it?
Exactly.
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Posted: 2007-06-19 15:37:20
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