Huawei France announces the opening of its 5th R & D center in France

Huawei France will open a fifth R & D center in the city of Grenoble (east), which will bring together up to 30 researchers by 2020, said Wednesday Huawei France in a statement.

This new research and development center will focus on Sensors and Parallel computing related topics, said the Chinese group, recalling that it invests between 10% and 15% of its turnover in R & D each year, or $ 13.8 billion in 2017 alone.

Grenoble's technology pool benefits from an international influence and Huawei will contribute "by working hand in hand with this ecosystem," said the Chinese group: "This center is the culmination of a regular dialogue with the ecosystem of Grenoble, and positive results of scientific cooperation conducted for three years, with players like ST Microelectronics, the first French technology partner of the company, "he said.

Huawei also announced that for the year 2017, the volume of purchases made from French suppliers amounted to "410 million dollars, bringing the total volume of French purchases to 1.4 billion dollars over the last five years. "

Huawei France is now the largest Chinese group in France in terms of jobs with more than 950 employees at the headquarters of Boulogne-Billancourt (in the western suburbs of Paris). The four R & D centers in France currently have 170 researchers, plus 30 researchers from the new Grenoble center. Huawei affirmed "to contribute to the radiation of the French research abroad" with more than 50 patents deposited in France every year "and" to support the French ecosystem "with a plan of investment of 1.5 billion euros in France announced five years ago.

"Present in France for 16 years, Huawei has only one ambition: to offer the best technological bricks to our customers and partners so that they can develop their international competitiveness." For us, this means constant investment. in favor of innovation and a daily commitment to the French economy, we are proud to contribute to the digital ecosystem in France, "said Weiliang SHI, CEO of Huawei.