Apple Suppliers In India

A recent fire at Tata Group's Apple iPhone component plant in southern India has caused an indefinite production halt at Tata's Hosur plant in Tamil Nadu, the only Indian supplier of iPhone back panels and some other parts for both contract manufacturer Foxconn in the country and its own iPhone assembly at another plant.

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday said it has signed investment pacts worth over Rs. 2,600 crore with American companies during the ongoing US visit of state Chief Minister M K Stalin.

Foxconn Chairman Young Liu defended its hiring practices in India on August 17 after government investigations were ordered following a report that the firm rejects married women from iPhone assembly jobs in the country. The iPhone supplier previously acknowledged some lapses in hiring practices in 2022 and said it had worked to address the issues,...

Apple supplier Foxconn seems to be eyeing expanding its operation in India. The Taiwan-based company is reportedly evaluating plans to assemble iPad in the country. Until now, Foxconn and other contract manufacturers of Apple in India have assembled only iPhone models. The latest iPhone 15 series was assembled in Foxconn's Chennai factory. In rece...

The labour officials visited a Foxconn factory this week and questioned executives about the company's hiring practices, an official said, after Reuters reported that the major Apple supplier has been rejecting married women from iPhone assembly jobs

The central government on Wednesday said it has asked the Tamil Nadu government to submit a "detailed report" after a story revealed that Apple supplier Foxconn rejected married women from iPhone assembly jobs in the country.

Internet major Google will partner with Foxconn to produce its ultra-premium Pixel smartphones for the first time in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Thursday.

Suppliers like Foxconn, Tata, and Salcomp will spearhead the project, partially funded by Indian governments.

Pegatron is in advanced talks to hand over control of its only iPhone manufacturing facility in India to the Tata Group, said two sources with direct knowledge, marking the Taiwanese firm's latest scale back of its Apple partnership.

Apple supplier Foxconn plans to invest an additional 139.11 billion rupees ($1.67 billion) in Karnataka, the state government said in a statement on Tuesday.

Apple and its suppliers aim to build more than 50 million iPhones in India each year, within the next two-to-three years, with additional tens of millions of units planned thereafter, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Apple supplier Foxconn will invest over $1.5 billion (roughly Rs. 12,500 crore) in India as the company looks to expand production of Apple's iPhone in the country, according to a report. The move comes a year after the Taiwanese firm's factories in China were severely impacted by the country's strict COVID-19 restrictions in 2022. The company also...

HP is collaborating with Google to manufacture Chromebooks in India to meet local requirements, the PC maker said on Thursday. The Chromebook devices will be manufactured at the company's Flex Facility near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Apple's vendor Pegatron has resumed production of iPhones in a phased manner at its factory in Tamil Nadu after a fire accident, according to government sources.

The income tax department conducted searches at the premises of Apple supplier Flex in Tamil Nadu, a source said on Wednesday.

A recent fire at Tata Group's Apple iPhone component plant in southern India has caused an indefinite production halt at Tata's Hosur plant in Tamil Nadu, the only Indian supplier of iPhone back panels and some other parts for both contract manufacturer Foxconn in the country and its own iPhone assembly at another plant.

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday said it has signed investment pacts worth over Rs. 2,600 crore with American companies during the ongoing US visit of state Chief Minister M K Stalin.

Foxconn Chairman Young Liu defended its hiring practices in India on August 17 after government investigations were ordered following a report that the firm rejects married women from iPhone assembly jobs in the country. The iPhone supplier previously acknowledged some lapses in hiring practices in 2022 and said it had worked to address the issues,...

Apple supplier Foxconn seems to be eyeing expanding its operation in India. The Taiwan-based company is reportedly evaluating plans to assemble iPad in the country. Until now, Foxconn and other contract manufacturers of Apple in India have assembled only iPhone models. The latest iPhone 15 series was assembled in Foxconn's Chennai factory. In rece...

The labour officials visited a Foxconn factory this week and questioned executives about the company's hiring practices, an official said, after Reuters reported that the major Apple supplier has been rejecting married women from iPhone assembly jobs

The central government on Wednesday said it has asked the Tamil Nadu government to submit a "detailed report" after a story revealed that Apple supplier Foxconn rejected married women from iPhone assembly jobs in the country.

Internet major Google will partner with Foxconn to produce its ultra-premium Pixel smartphones for the first time in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Thursday.

Suppliers like Foxconn, Tata, and Salcomp will spearhead the project, partially funded by Indian governments.

Pegatron is in advanced talks to hand over control of its only iPhone manufacturing facility in India to the Tata Group, said two sources with direct knowledge, marking the Taiwanese firm's latest scale back of its Apple partnership.

Apple supplier Foxconn plans to invest an additional 139.11 billion rupees ($1.67 billion) in Karnataka, the state government said in a statement on Tuesday.

Apple and its suppliers aim to build more than 50 million iPhones in India each year, within the next two-to-three years, with additional tens of millions of units planned thereafter, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Apple supplier Foxconn will invest over $1.5 billion (roughly Rs. 12,500 crore) in India as the company looks to expand production of Apple's iPhone in the country, according to a report. The move comes a year after the Taiwanese firm's factories in China were severely impacted by the country's strict COVID-19 restrictions in 2022. The company also...

HP is collaborating with Google to manufacture Chromebooks in India to meet local requirements, the PC maker said on Thursday. The Chromebook devices will be manufactured at the company's Flex Facility near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Apple's vendor Pegatron has resumed production of iPhones in a phased manner at its factory in Tamil Nadu after a fire accident, according to government sources.

The income tax department conducted searches at the premises of Apple supplier Flex in Tamil Nadu, a source said on Wednesday.