# Samsung Electronics to double smartphone plant capacity in Noida, India

Samsung Electronics invested 800 billion won ($713.7 million) to double the capacity of its second smartphone factory in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, from 5 million to 10 million units per month. The plant will begin operation in the latter half of 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-07-06
- Where: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Value: $713.7M (800.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: Q3 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 10 million units per month
- Products: smartphones
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Samsung Electronics](https://endata.com/companies/647.md)

## Sources

- [pulse.mk.co.kr](https://pulse.mk.co.kr/news/english/8385085), 2018-07-06: "The company invested 800 billion won ($713.7 million) to double the capacity of the plant which will begin operation in the latter half from 5 million units per month to 10 million units."
- [venturebeat.com](https://venturebeat.com/business/samsung-opens-worlds-largest-phone-factory-in-india), 2018-07-09: "The facility in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, will allow Samsung to make phones at a lower cost due to its scale when other phone making hubs such as China are getting more expensive."

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