Foxconn to Start Making iPhone Casings in India

Apple's iPhone assembler Foxconn has begun constructing a new facility in India to manufacture ‌iPhone‌ enclosures for the first time, The Economic Times reports.

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Foxconn is building the new unit at the ESR Industrial Park in Oragadam, Tamil Nadu. The company has acquired approximately 500,000 square feet of space in ESR's industrial zone, where construction on the new enclosure facility is already underway. The site is located adjacent to Foxconn's upcoming display module assembly plant, which is in an advanced stage of development and is also expected to supply Apple.

This will be the first time Foxconn will produce ‌iPhone‌ enclosures in India, having previously focused exclusively on assembling iPhones at its existing plant in nearby Sriperumbudur. Foxconn will become the second company to make ‌iPhone‌ casings for Apple in the country. Tata Electronics, which already produces ‌iPhone‌ enclosures at its facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, remains Apple's primary casing partner in India and has recently been said to be scaling up production capacity to around 100,000 units.

The move is part of Apple's ongoing effort to diversify production outside China. Apple assembled more than 12 million iPhones in India in 2023, a figure expected to more than double by the end of 2025 as Foxconn and other partners scale up production.

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Top Rated Comments

lkrupp Avatar
8 months ago
Go to your library and checkout “Apple In China” for a good read on how Apple got itself into this pickle. The author tells a straightforward story abut how Apple actually trained China to become the manufacturing behemoth it is now by sending hundreds of manufacturing engineers to train Chinese engineers how to mass manufacture iPhones.

The author also asserts, and Apple denies, that China could take down Apple at the whim of the government at any time.

And bottom line, Foxconn is a Taiwanese company that could find itself behind the eight ball if China decides to act on its threat to ‘reunite’ Taiwan to the mainland by force.
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WarmWinterHat Avatar
8 months ago

'Tata Electronics, which already produces iPhone enclosures at its facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, remains Apple's primary casing partner in India and has recently been said to be scaling up production capacity to around 100,000 units.'

Per day, per month, per year? I'd be interested to know.

Per month is what I have read elsewhere.

https://thesecurityoutlook.com/tata-boosts-iphone-manufacturing-in-india-with-major-expansion-at-hosur-plant/
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monster620ie Avatar
8 months ago
and this is where I get off the apple wagon, building from a scam filled scammy scums is where I draw the line.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
WarmWinterHat Avatar
8 months ago

Go to your library and checkout “Apple In China” for a good read on how Apple got itself into this pickle. The author tells a straightforward story abut how Apple actually trained China to become the manufacturing behemoth it is now by sending hundreds of manufacturing engineers to train Chinese engineers how to mass manufacture iPhones.

The author also asserts, and Apple denies, that China could take down Apple at the whim of the government at any time.

And bottom line, Foxconn is a Taiwanese company that could find itself behind the eight ball if China decides to act on its threat to ‘reunite’ Taiwan to the mainland by force.
TSMC is a Taiwanese company, as well. I think most people are aware of what would happen if China decided to invade Taiwan. It's been in mainstream news for years.
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svish Avatar
8 months ago
Good to know about this and great to see production expanding in India. Think in the coming years Apple might make iPads and MacBooks too in India.
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iPay Avatar
8 months ago
They messed up at Foxconn! It's magnets US wants sourced away from China, not casings.
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