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Nokia builds new manufacturing plant in China
June 10, 1998
As part of the company´s continuous investment plans in China, Nokia will establish new manufacturing premises in Suzhou Industrial Park, in the Jiangsu province of China, in order to produce GSM base stations and cellular network transmission products. The new, purpose-built facility, Nokia (Suzhou) Telecommunications Co., Ltd., is a wholly owned manufacturing site for Nokia in China.
Nokia currently has six production sites in China, covering telecommunications infrastructure and mobile phone products, as well as the after-sales services. The Suzhou factory will act as one of Nokia´s main manufacturing sites in Asia and will serve countries in the region. The new factory will commence deliveries in 1999 and in its first phase will provide work for around 300 people by the end of that year.
Nokia offers total GSM systems, with everything from digital mobile phones to transmission and switching as well as extensive services for building, efficiently operating and developing these networks. Having supplied GSM technology to 70 operators in 36 countries, Nokia ranks as the world's largest supplier of GSM 1800 networks and one of the two largest in GSM 900.
Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is a broad-scope telecommunications company supplying mobile phones, mobile and fixed telecommunications networks, data communications solutions, multimedia terminals and computer monitors. With sales in 130 countries, net sales totaled FIM 52.6 billion ($9.8 billion) in 1997. Nokia, listed on NYSE (NOK.A), employs more than 38,000 people worldwide.
Further information:
Ms Arja Suominen, Vice President, Communications,
Nokia Telecommunications
Tel. (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8193
Fax (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8199
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