World’s largest mobile phone factory set to open in India


A customer holds a Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy S9+ smartphone at the company's D'light flagship store in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, April 5, 2018. Samsung reported higher-than-projected profit as demand for its memory chips remained strong enough to outweigh concerns about display supplies to Apple Inc. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

Samsung Electronics Co, the South Korean maker of Galaxy phones, said it is opening the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturing facility on the outskirts of the Indian capital, as smartphone demand surges. 

The factory will be inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at 5pm local time. Both leaders are visiting the facility adjoining New Delhi, according to India’s ministry of external affairs. 

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