NSN expands Chennai manufacturing facility

CHENNAI, INDIA: Telecom networking equipment vendor Nokia Siemens Networks expanded its Chennai (Oragadam) manufacturing facility from 35,000 to 55,000 square meters, and increased the number of product lines to 33.

The expansion will increase the company's existing manufacturing capacity, allowing it to export approximately 37 per cent of the facility’s production across the Asia Pacific.

“This expansion will strengthen India’s position as one of our major manufacturing hubs in the Asia Pacific,” said Ashish Chowdhary, head of India and customer operations East, Nokia Siemens Networks. “Above all, our unwavering focus on the customer, continued investments in the country and the use of available local talent will reiterate our commitment towards supporting the growth of India’s growing telecom sector.”

The expansion will also enable the company to manufacture and distribute new multiradio and LTE products, among other equipment such as GSM and LTE-ready 3G base stations and its FlexiPacket radio.

The manufacturing facility will offer energy-efficient equipment to reduce the carbon footprint of new network deployments, says the company.

It has already started the production of Flexi Multiradio Antenna System, which forms part of Nokia Siemens Networks’ Liquid Radio architecture.