Nokia will shut down operations at its Sriperumbudur plant near Chennai from November 1 after Microsoft terminated its purchase agreement with the facility. In a statement, Nokia had this to say:
Microsoft has informed Nokia that it will be terminating the manufacturing services defined in the agreement with effect from 1 November 2014. In absence of further orders from Microsoft, Nokia will suspend handset production at the Sriperumbudur facility from 1st November.
The factory was one of the largest facilities for Nokia, and accounted for the production of over 800 million handsets and employed a staff of 8,000 full-time workers and 25,000 ancillary workers.
Source: Times of India
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