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Apple's Foxconn and Pegatron factories in Chennai have been forced to shutdown production amid the torrential rain caused by Cyclone Michaung. Foxconn plans to restart production as soon as by the end of Tuesday, but is unlikely to do so if the weather continues to be this bad…

“It is the Tata tag we aim for, who doesn’t want a Tata tag?” say the scores of contract workers -mostly women- at the iPhone assembly plant at Narasapura in Karnataka’s Kolar district that was recently acquired by Tata Electronics.“We’d love to have better facilities,” say the workers mostly in their twenties who aspire to a fresh start after the plant was taken over by one of India’s largest conglomerates from Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron in early November. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill…

Apple supplier Pegatron has told its factory workers not to report for work on Tuesday, halting the assembly of iPhone models for a second straight day at its south India factory where a fire broke out on Sunday, three sources told Reuters.The workers were not given a reason for the directive, said the sources who have direct knowledge of the matter.The Taiwanese firm had called off all shifts on Monday at the factory near the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state after the fire incident, two source said.Pegatron previously…

Samsung Electronics may have to forgo its sops for the inaugural year of India’s ambitious production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for smartphone manufacturing due to what government officials said were ‘discrepancies in invoicing’. The Korean major said it is in “advanced” discussions with the government for redressal on the issue.In August 2021, the Korean electronics major had claimed a total of Rs 900 crore as incentives for achieving Rs 15,000 crore worth of additional sales in fiscal year 2021, over the year…

The conglomerate could either broaden the scope of its existing mobile components manufacturing unit there or set up an outsourced semiconductor assembly & test (OSAT) unit, these people added.The Tata Group is looking to step up its electronics play and could be firming up plans to enter the semiconductor segment. It is currently scouting for land near its electronics manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district, according to several people aware…

US-based iPhone maker Apple is continuously expanding its operations in India and the government is in regular touch with the company to support its business, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has said. He said that the electronics industry works like this as first they put a basic set up and then they keep sourcing different components to add into their ecosystem."Apple is continuously expanding their operations in India... We are in regular touch with the Apple, MeITY (Ministry of Electronics and Information…

US-based iPhone maker Apple is continuously expanding its operations in India and the government is in regular touch with the company to support its business, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has said.He said that the electronics industry works like this as first they put a basic set up and then they keep sourcing different components to add into their ecosystem.“Apple is continuously expanding their operations in India... We are in regular touch with the Apple, MeITY (Ministry of Electronics and Information…

Apple's Taiwanese supplier Pegatron is in talks to open a second India factory, said two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, as the US tech giant's partners continue to diversify production away from China.Pegatron plans to add a second facility near the southern city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state, just six months after opening the first with an investment of $150 million (roughly Rs. 1,236 crore), said the sources, who sought anonymity as the talks are private.The new factory, the first source said, is "to…

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Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn confirmed on Saturday that its chairman had visited India, but denied it had "entered into any binding, definitive agreements" after reports saying it was planning new investments in the country.Also known by its official name, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Foxconn is the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer and a principal assembler of Apple iPhones.Both companies are seeking to diversify away from China, where much of their manufacturing is based, after strict Covid policies last…