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More drama is unfolding as the dispute between Swedish unions and Tesla now involves a supplier of critical components for the Model Y, where workers have reportedly set down their tools in support of the IF Metall strike. They said they won’t be showing up for work, or will be given non-Tesla-related tasks, until further notice. Now around 50 workers at Hydro Extrusions in Vetlanda, a subsidiary of Norwegian aluminum and energy company Hydro, have reportedly joined a sympathy strike against Tesla…

“Reshoring is increasingly viewed as a way to address the challenges of disruptive supply chains and uncertainty, but it can introduce complexities of its own,” Joerg Reger, Managing Director of ABB Robotics Automotive Business Line.New Delhi: ABB’s YuMi cobots are enabling the reshoring of production and helping to address challenges presented by workforce shortages for SUS Corporation, a major supplier of aluminium frames and die-cast aluminium components for the…

Apple's main supplier, Foxconn Technology Group, plans to increase its investments to more than $1.2 billion (roughly Rs. 9,877 crore) in southern India's Karnataka state and add two component factories there, expanding a steady diversification from China to mitigate the risks of US economic and technology sanctions.At least one of the factories that the Taiwanese company plans to construct in Karnataka will produce Apple parts, including for iPhones, people familiar with the matter said. A formal announcement is expected…

Samsung Electronics has parted ways from major display panel supplier BOE. Notably, it had provided 10% of Samsung’s TV panels in the first quarter of 2023. However, in the third quarter of the same year, Samsung’s Device eXperience (DX) division decided to exclude BOE from its supply chain for both TV and monitor panels. The decision to part ways with BOE is believed to be a mid-to-long-term strategy plan to cut all ties eventually. Samsung’s decision has already hurt BOE, with the company’s market share declining in…

Apple's next-generation iPhone 15 is beginning production in Tamil Nadu, in an effort to further narrow the gap between its India operations and main manufacturing base in China.A Foxconn Technology Group plant in Sriperumbudur is preparing to deliver the newest devices only weeks after they start shipping from factories in China, as the company seeks to swiftly increase the volume of new iPhones coming from India, people familiar with the matter said.The Cupertino, California-based firm is on a multiyear project to…

Tesla has seen one of its critical suppliers for its gigacasting technology, TEI, being acquired by General Motors. Tesla has been pioneering the use of bigger cast parts in its vehicle bodies over the last few years. It started by replacing 70 rear body parts with 2 giant ones in Model 3 and since then, it has progressed into producing Model Y bodies with just a few parts produced by giant casting machines. After being skeptical at first, the rest of the industry has started to follow with…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Production at the maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram models is being affected after a cyberattack on an automotive supplier disrupted its operations, the automaker said. The cyberattack affected Chinese supplier Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co.…

After predicting that their profit would dip through the quarter, because of slowing demand in consumer electronics, Apple supplier Foxconn surprised everyone, from their stakeholders to investors by posting a profit of 11%…

Apple supplier Foxconn aims to double its workforce and investment in India by next year, a company executive said on Sunday.Taiwan-based Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, has rapidly expanded its presence in India by investing in manufacturing facilities in the south of the country as the company seeks to move away from China.V Lee, Foxconn's representative in India, in a LinkedIn post to mark Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 73rd birthday, said the company was "aiming for another…

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…