After US muscle flexing, Flex halts shipments to Huawei

CHENNAI: American contract electronics manufacturer Flex — earlier called Flextronics — has stopped shipments to smartphone and telecom equipment brand Huawei to comply with the US administration’s decision to put the company on its trade blacklist.

Flex, which has three manufacturing facilities in India, began making Huawei smartphones at its plant in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, in September 2016. Besides Huawei phones, Flex also makes smartphones for Lenovo, including those under the Motorola brand, from the Chennai plant. The ban will also affect India shipments.