Tech sector’s China love not always reciprocated

By Bozhena Sheremeta / February 20, 2015

Ukraine’s technology sector can often find no better outsourcing option than the low-cost production center known as China.

Oleksandr Nesterenko, the head of ARTKB, a Ukrainian hardware developer, says that China has “huge production platforms.” Production in European Union countries is much more expensive by comparison. Other options on the low-cost front are Taiwan, India, Philippines and Malaysia.

Topics: Analysis & opinion, Hardware & Electronics, International

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Bozhena Sheremeta

A graduate of the Economics Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv, Bozhena Sheremeta covers the vibrant Ukrainian startup scene for The Kyiv Post. She can be reached at sheremeta@kyivpost.com and followed on Twitter @BozhenaLucky.

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