As part of its reorganization efforts and due to a regional labor shortage, Nokia is moving four production lines from its Finnish Salo factory to South Korea. Apparently, the idea is to move the early stage production of mobile phone “engines” to accommodate more final assembly at the Salo factory.
According to Nokia spokeswoman Eija-Riitta Huovinen, it’s becoming increasingly important to have final assembly close to customers in order to deliver tailored products quickly. She also added that following the “move to Korea,” there will be six early stage productions lines left in Finland.
[Via: MarketWatch]