Nokia closed Finnish Salo factory in September and finished mobile phone production in Western Europe

ByLeo-setä

Nokia (Nokia), which is the world's largest mobile phone maker in the past and still in second position next to Samsung, is forced to face a tough fight due to the spread of smartphones. At the stage of February this yearPlan to reduce 4000 people in Finland and Hungary and Mexico factoriesAnd announced that smartphone manufacturing factory will be transferred to Asia. At the Salo factory in Finland, an agreement was made with the labor union to close the plant in September. By the way, the top image was Salo factory shot in 2002.

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Nokia is the world's largest mobile phone handset until it gets through to Samsung in 2011, and also has expanded its business in JapanWe issue super high-end brand "VERTU"Although I was doing, etc., I am withdrawing from terminal sales now.


Even though Samsung retires to second place in the world, even though it is still used worldwide, Nokia is still used around the world, but the battle in the market is severe, and cost reduction measures such as moving a smartphone manufacturing factory from Europe and Mexico to Asia Was launched.

The Salo factory is a core factory located in Finland, the home country of Nokia, and has been in operation since the 1980s when Nokia began to focus on its mobile phone business, and it is also an important base for Nokia's first mobile phone handset. However, due to the review of the production system, staff reductions were made, and it was decided to be closed with research and development facilities in Germany and Canada in June 2012.

This is Salo factory


According to the announcement in June, 3700 people in Finland and 10,000 people worldwide were eligible for personnel reduction. Of these, 780 people are to be dismissed during the year at the Salo factory, and since agreement with the labor union was obtained, it was decided to be closed in September.

This means that Nokia will end production of mobile phones in Western Europe.

Although it is called "prosperity necessity", it really is in the midst of a loss of shine ... ....