According to a report by France Info and others, on December 2, Minggang Zhang, deputy general manager of Huawei's French branch, revealed when he was a guest on France Inter radioHuawei's first overseas factory will be completed in France, and it is expected to start production by the end of 2025.
According to reports, the plant is located in the Brumath business district of Alsace in eastern France, covering an area of about 8 hectares and investing about 200 million eurosComponents for 4G and 5G base station equipment, including chipsets and motherboards, will be produced for the European market, especially for 5G devices, with the goal of producing 1 billion euros of goods per year and creating 500 jobs.
Previously, Huawei announced the establishment of a factory in the area at the end of 2020, which was originally planned to be put into operation in 2023, but was once shelved due to the impact of ecological environmental protection and safety. Germany also plans to ban the use of components made by Huawei and ZTE in its 5G network from 2026, and the European Commission has called on 27 member states and telecom operators to exclude their mobile networks from the two companies, but these have not shaken Huawei's resolve, Zhang Minggang said on radio"Construction is underway, it is going well, the whole European market, we are there, we are progressing, we are working very well and at the same time with a completely transparent approach to different countries, different interlocutors".
According to reports, Huawei has opened six research centers and one global design center in Paris since entering the French market in 2003In 2021, the turnover in France reached 2.5 billion euros and almost 10,000 jobs were created, with a 20% market share in France Telecom's infrastructure.