ISLAMABAD: China mega smartphone manufacturing company, OPPO has decided to manufacture its cellphones in Pakistan and export at least 5 million sets every year.
At present, OPPO is assembling its smartphones in Pakistan by importing their parts from China, but now the company is upgrading its plant to a manufacture cellphones in Pakistan to achieve the export target.
OPPO Pakistan CEO George Long announced this during his meeting with Federal Minister for Industries and Production Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar.
Highlighting that the company also aimed to establish a research and development centre for the transfer of technology and skill development of IT professionals in Pakistan, Long said OPPO was optimistic about exporting locally manufactured sets from the country.
The minister welcomed the announcement and said that the government of Pakistan’s investment-friendly policies have improved the business ecosystem in Pakistan.
He said that local manufacturing of mobile would not only keep prices under control for local customers, but would also enable expansion of the mobile phone industry to become a bigger player in the economy.
Bakhtyar said that this growth would result in the creation of numerous employment opportunities within the industry as well as associated industries in the country.
