Fast Technology reported on December 10 that according to ** report, Zhang Minggang, deputy general manager of Huawei's French branch, revealed that Huawei's first overseas factory has been confirmed to land in France and is expected to be put into production by the end of 2025.
Huawei's French factory is located in the small town of Brumat, in the Rhine province, and covers an area of about 8 hectares (80,000 square meters), Zhang said.
The project is expected to invest 200 million euros (about 15.5 yuan.)400 million yuan), and the annual output value can reach 1 billion euros (about 77 yuan.)200 million yuan), the rate of return is quite high, and at the same time create 800 jobs, including 300 in the near term and 500 in the long term.
The plant is expected to produce 1 billion devices per year, but instead of producing smartphones, it will produce chipsets, motherboards and other components for 4G 5G base stations, which can be used in the entire European market.
Huawei entered France in 2003 and now has six R&D centers and one global design center in Paris, providing nearly 10,000 jobs.
France used to be Huawei's largest overseas market (revenue of 2.5 billion euros in 2021), and was even regarded as Ren Zhengfei's second hometown, as early as 2019, Huawei announced that it would set up a factory in France, and it was originally planned to be put into production in early 2023, but due to various reasons such as environmental protection, it was delayed for a long time.