The city that is home to the Taj Mahal, Agra, also has a thriving leather and shoe industry. Last week, Germany’s Casa Everz Gmbh, owner of the brand Von Wellx, decided to shift its entire production from China to Agra, India. The brand is known for benefits such as relieving foot, knee and back pain, for protection of joints and muscles against shocks, and for promoting correct posture.
Apple’s suppliers, FoxConn and Wistron, already assemble a number of iPhones in India – to serve the local market and to export to other countries. Earlier this year, the Cupertino, California company announced plans to expand its India supply chain dramatically.
India has a number of home-grown mobile handset makers that compete with Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi and Vivo. These companies such as Karbonn, Lava and MicroMax pioneered many features that appealed to India’s 1 billion strong cell phone market and have expanded to many emerging economies. but had gradually moved manufacturing to China. Last week. Lava announced that is was returning to India with a $50 million investment. It is closing its 600 person design center in China and will also produce all exported phones in India. according to Hari Om Rai, chairman and managing director. Lava exports over 33 per cent of its mobile phones to markets such as Southeast Asia, West Asia, Africa, and Mexico.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
