Make In India boosted our smartphone manufacturing biz: Richard Hopkins

"After mobile handsets, Flex is now bullish about turning India into an IT and telecom gear hub"

American manufacturing major Flex (previously Flextronics) that raked in over $25 billion in revenue last year has been operating in India for two decades, but it was the government’s flagship Make In India that gave it the desired impetus to rapidly grow its base here in 2015. The firm - that now trails only the Taiwanese giant Foxconn in terms of scale in India - is now pulling up its socks to double its manufacturing revenue in five years. RICHARD HOPKINS, senior vice-president for Flex’s consumer devices segment and head of India operations, shares its journey and plans with Arnab Dutta. Edited