Mumbai-based mining company Vedanta Ltd., and Taiwan's Foxconn signed an agreement with the government of India's western state of Gujarat to set up a $20 billion semiconductor project. Foxconn already has significant operations in India, including the assembly of Apple iPhones. Vedanta obtained financial and non-financial subsidies including on capital...
Apple Adds iPhone 12 to India Assembly Activity
Apple Inc., has started the assembly of the iPhone 12 in India, via its partner Foxconn in Tamil Nadu, as the company ramps up manufacturing operations in the world’s second-biggest smartphone market. "We are proud to be starting production of iPhone 12 in India for our local customers," Apple said,...
India Might Assemble iPads and Apple Watches
Apple Inc is angling to participate in a new scheme to boost India’s exports of computer products, part of what plans to bring iPad tablet manufacturing to the South Asian country according to the Financial Post The new performance-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, which offers cash-back to manufacturers for exports, will...
Europe Sources iPhones Made in India
Cupertino, CA-based Apple has started to export iPhones to some European markets from India; the total number of iPhone 6 and iPhone 7 models exported so far to Europe are about 100,000 units a month. Initially, Apple's vendor set up iPhone manufacturing in India to avoid import taxes and allow...
Pegatron to Move Some Apple Manufacturing to India
Apple's contract manufacturing firm, Taiwan-based Pegatron Corporation is planning to to open production plants in three new countries: India, Vietnam, and Indonesia. This move comes after Foxconn, one of the primary contract manufacturers for Apple revealed its plans to expand outside China. I had written about this last month. Pegatron...
Foxconn to Assemble High-End iPhones in India
Apple Inc will assemble its top-end iPhones such as the iPhone X family -- in India at the Chennai unit of Taiwan-based Foxconn from early 2019. Currently, Wistron, another Taiwanese company, makes the lower end Apple models such as iPhone 6S and SE in Bangalore. Foxconn, which also makes phones...