Manufacturing
1 articleCoverage in Manufacturing is built around industrial production, manufacturing capacity and production localization, rather than the full range of issues contained in Business and Companies. The analytical frame places export manufacturing, supply chain integration and manufacturing productivity against company strategy, ownership, capacity, competition and cross-border expansion, adding regional context only where it changes the interpretation. The scope remains manufacturing, with Automotive and State-Owned Enterprises used only to explain direct overlap.
Vivo and STI Launch Smartphone Manufacturing Plant in Oran
A new smartphone factory has begun operations in Oran, Algeria, through a partnership between STI and Chinese brand Vivo. The facility aims to ramp up production from 2,000 to 6,000 units daily, with significant job creation expected.