The Chinese giant, present in France since 2003, recently announced several investments in France -

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  • Representatives of the Chinese telephony giant, Huawei, were visiting Alsace on Tuesday.

  • They confirmed the opening of a factory in Brumath, about twenty kilometers from Strasbourg.

    Equipment will be produced there, especially for 5G.

  • It should open "in the course of 2023" and work will begin this year.

Like a first stone laid.

Representatives of the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei were in Alsace on Tuesday to formalize the establishment of their future factory.

The first outside of China and which should produce equipment, particularly related to 5G.

It should open "in the course of 2023", the project leaders said in Strasbourg on Tuesday.

Construction work on the plant, which will be dedicated to base stations, could begin this year and the site "could produce the first mobile station in 2023", announced at a press conference at the headquarters of the Region. Grand Est Catherine Chen, vice-president and member of the Board of Directors of Huawei, without giving a specific date.

Huawei announced on December 17 its decision to set up its factory in the “Business Park” of Brumath (Bas-Rhin), a town of about 10,000 inhabitants about twenty kilometers from Strasbourg.

Not on the Illkirch-Graffenstaden site, which has been racing for a long time.

200 million euros of investment

The Chinese group will invest 200 million euros in this site called "Huawei European Wireless Factory", which is to produce the main equipment making up the wireless base stations (ie antennas) intended for the European market .

It will produce base station equipment for "all generations of technology, including 3G, 4G and 5G," said Linda Han, vice president of public affairs at Huawei, responsible for France.

According to Huawei, the site should generate 300 direct jobs, 500 in the long term, and should produce the equivalent of one billion euros of equipment per year.

"It is a fruitful collaboration which makes it possible to lead to the establishment of this future factory", welcomed the LR president of the Grand-Est Region, Jean Rottner, hailing a "major investment" which "is good. "To a" local economy which is in great need of it today ".

The choice "of" made in France "for Europe"

"This plant will be a benchmark in terms of respect for the environment", insisted at the press conference Jacques Biot, chairman of the board of directors of Huawei France.

It "reinforces Huawei's commitment to France by boosting skilled employment, a priority axis of our commitment," he added, referring to a "virtuous dynamic for the local ecosystem and for the Alsatian economic sector ”.

"Our choice is that of" made in France "for Europe," continued Jacques Biot, assuring that Huawei, as part of the "design and construction of the plant", would research and assess "With the greatest interest the French suppliers".

Considered to be the most advanced of the three main suppliers of 5G equipment, the Chinese giant, present in France since 2003, recently announced several investments in France, including the opening of a research center (R&D) in Paris as part of a campaign aimed at demonstrating its desire to establish a lasting presence there.

It currently employs nearly a thousand people in France (12,200 indirect jobs) and has 23 R&D centers in Europe, where Huawei employs a total of 13,000 people, for 170,000 indirect jobs.

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