a Factory outside of Dallas, state of Texas, is an investment of close to € 1 billion and will open in the first quarter of this year. Here, Ericsson is manufacturing radio equipment and antennas for mobile bredbandssystemet 5G, mainly for the north american market.
the Plant will employ approximately 100 staff, but will be packed to the brim with new technology, in order to be able to be as flexible as possible.
it is connected to a driftssäkert 5G networks, but it is also based on the artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and the ”Internet of things”, in the form of a probe. In the composition, and the warehouse is automated, the logistics are handled, among other things, by the self-driven trolley.
the start-up in Texas to be a part of a larger trend, in which the mass production can be shifted back to Europe, and with the help of a high level of automation. The city Åseda is, for example, a factory full of robots to do the aluminum rails for the furniture industry. The production took place in the past in China.
Ericsson’s ceo Börje Ekholm. Photo: Magnus Hallgren
“ the factories are getting to work, a small part of the cost, which means that we can bring production closer to the end user. I think that we will, within the next ten years are going to see more of such production in Europe. Then, reduce transportation costs and emissions, “ says Ericsson’s ceo Börje Ekholm.
The Swedish telekomjätten is now very little industrial production on the home front. As a result, the number of employees in Sweden was reduced from 42.000 to 13,000 in 20 years. Now, production takes place mainly in Brazil, Mexico, India, China, and Estonia.
“ That is probably fairly unlikely. We are going to build-out and upgrade of our plant in Tallinn, estonia, which produces mostly for the eu market.
„Sure, but, in order to justify this, it is required to sell, a substantial increase in Sweden,“ says Börje Ekholm.
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