{"id":52257,"date":"2025-05-06T09:11:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T01:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/?p=52257"},"modified":"2025-05-06T09:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T01:11:38","slug":"new-tata-plant-starts-iphone-production-foxconn-close-behind-apple-looks-india-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ljdevice.com.tw\/en\/new-tata-plant-starts-iphone-production-foxconn-close-behind-apple-looks-india-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tata plant starts iPhone production, Foxconn close behind as Apple looks to India, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 29, 2025<\/p>\n

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NEW DELHI, April 29 (Reuters) – A new plant making iPhones in southern India has started production and another will begin shipments in May, as Apple\u00a0(AAPL.O), opens new tab<\/a>\u00a0looks to boost manufacturing beyond its tariff-hit main manufacturing hub, China, sources said.<\/div>\n
Apple is positioning India as an alternative manufacturing base to China as a\u00a0trade war<\/a>\u00a0flares between Washington and Beijing, with U.S. President Donald Trump’s more than 100% tariffs on China threatening supply chain disruptions and stoking fears of a rise in\u00a0iPhone prices<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The Trump administration has so far spared China-made electronics from tariffs, but Washington has signaled that some levies\u00a0could come<\/a>\u00a0in the coming weeks.<\/div>\n
A new Tata Electronics plant in Hosur in south India’s Tamil Nadu state started operations in recent days to make older iPhone models on one assembly line, one source said.<\/div>\n
Another $2.6 billion plant run by Taiwan’s Foxconn\u00a0(2317.TW), opens new tab<\/a>\u00a0that is under construction in Bengaluru, Karnataka state, will also start initial operations with one assembly line within days, according to four sources, including one government official.<\/div>\n
One source said around 300-500 iPhone units per hour can be made at the factory where, according to another, iPhone 16 and 16e models will be produced. The plant is expected to create 50,000 jobs at full capacity when construction is fully completed, which is expected by December 2027.<\/div>\n
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Tata declined to comment, while Apple and Foxconn did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/div>\n
China accounts for more than 75% of iPhone production globally, while India contributes to about 18%, research firm Counterpoint estimates. Apple is\u00a0taking urgent steps<\/a>\u00a0to move production of most of its U.S.-sold iPhones to factories in India by the end of 2026, Reuters has reported.<\/div>\n
Apple in recent weeks has\u00a0stepped up production<\/a>\u00a0in India to beat U.S. tariffs, shipping some 600 tons of iPhones\u00a0worth $2 billion<\/a>\u00a0to the U.S. in March, a monthly record for both Tata and Foxconn, with the latter alone accounting for smartphones worth $1.3 billion.<\/div>\n
Tata, a relatively new Apple supplier, has quickly emerged as a key Indian contractor. With the new facilities, Foxconn and Tata will together operate a total of five iPhone factories from India.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Source:New Tata plant starts iPhone production, Foxconn close behind as Apple looks to India, sources say | Reuters<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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