Article: SONY ERICSSON MOVES TO MAKE CHINA GLOBAL MANUFACTURING BASE.

BEIJING, June 19 Asia Pulse - Sony Ericsson, one of the world's major mobile phone manufacturers, started construction of a new factory Monday in Beijing in a move to make China its global manufacturing base.

The new factory, covering an area of 18,500 square metres, will manufacture mobile handsets and assemble surface mounted circuit boards to meet growing market demand.

Gunilla Nordstrom, president of Sony Ericsson China, said the establishment of the new factory would contribute to the consolidation of China's status as the company's strategic development base.

China is Sony Ericsson's sole strategic development base whose business covers ...

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