Nokia to Close German Mobile Phone Manufacturing Plant

Posted by Christie Lourens on Apr 17, 2007

The planned closure of the Bochum production site is necessary to secure Nokia’s long-term competitiveness, said Veli Sundb ck, Executive Vice President of Nokia and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Nokia GmbH. Due to market changes and increasing requirements for cost-effectiveness, production of mobile devices in Germany is no longer feasible for Nokia. It cannot be operated in a way that meets the requirements for global cost efficiency and for flexible capacity growth.

Read the rest of this entry »


Posted in Uncategorized || No Comments »