Apple Supplier Foxconn to Invest in Telangana for Electronics Manufacturing Facility

Apple Supplier Foxconn to Invest in Telangana for Electronics Manufacturing Facility

Apple supplier Foxconn will invest an undisclosed sum in India’s southern state of Telangana towards an electronics manufacturing facility in the south Indian state, the state’s chief minister said on Thursday. The investment will create 100,000 jobs in the state, Telangana’s IT minister KT Rama Rao said. The announcement followed…

Foxconn-Vedanta to Open India’s First Semiconductor Facility in Dholera

Foxconn-Vedanta to Open India’s First Semiconductor Facility in Dholera

A joint venture of Indian conglomerate Vedanta and electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn has finalised the Dholera Special Investment Region near Ahmedabad city of Gujarat for setting up their semiconductor and display manufacturing facility, a senior state government official said on Monday. In the biggest ever corporate investment in the history…

Vedanta’s Semiconductor Unit in Gujarat to Be Headed by David Reed; to Manufacture Chips for Phones, Laptops

Vedanta’s Semiconductor Unit in Gujarat to Be Headed by David Reed; to Manufacture Chips for Phones, Laptops

Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta on Monday named industry veteran David Reed to head its semiconductor unit where it is looking to invest $20 billion (nearly Rs. 1,65,600 crore) to manufacture chips essential for mobile phones to laptops and TV sets. In an interview with PTI, Agarwal said the group is looking to start…

Apple Wants to Raise India’s iPhone Production Share to 25 Percent, Says Piyush Goyal

Apple Wants to Raise India’s iPhone Production Share to 25 Percent, Says Piyush Goyal

Apple wants India to account for up to 25 percent of its production from about 5 percent – 7 percent now, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal told a conference on Monday, as the iPhone maker continues to move its manufacturing away from China.  “Apple, another success story,” Piyush Goyal…

iPhone Maker Foxconn Says Output at Largest China Plant Recovering Despite Revenue Drop

iPhone Maker Foxconn Says Output at Largest China Plant Recovering Despite Revenue Drop

Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, said on Thursday output at its iPhone plant in China had “basically returned to normal” and December revenue, down 12.3 percent year-on-year, marked the start of a recovery. Production of Apple iPhones faced disruption ahead of Christmas and January’s Lunar New Year holidays,…

Foxconn to Ease COVID-19 Restrictions at Biggest iPhone Factory in China, End ‘Closed Loop’ System

Foxconn to Ease COVID-19 Restrictions at Biggest iPhone Factory in China, End ‘Closed Loop’ System

The company that assembles Apple’s iPhones has announced it is easing COVID-19 restrictions at its largest factory in China that led thousands of workers to quit and drastically slowed production. Foxconn Technology said in a statement on one of its official WeChat social media accounts that it would end the…

iPhone November Shipments to See Further Decline at Foxconn’s Plant in China

iPhone November Shipments to See Further Decline at Foxconn’s Plant in China

Foxconn’s flagship iPhone plant in China is set to see a further reduction in November shipments after the latest bout of worker unrest this week, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday, as thousands of employees quit. The world’s largest Apple iPhone factory has been grappling…

iPhone Factory Workers’ Protest: Over 20,000 New Hires Said to Leave Foxconn’s Zhengzhou Plant

iPhone Factory Workers’ Protest: Over 20,000 New Hires Said to Leave Foxconn’s Zhengzhou Plant

More than 20,000 employees, most of them were new hires not yet working on the production line, have left Apple supplier Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant in China, a Foxconn source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The person said the departures would complicate the company’s previous target of resuming…

iPhone November Shipments Said to See 30 Percent Slash Due to COVID-19 Woes in Foxconn China Plant

iPhone November Shipments Said to See 30 Percent Slash Due to COVID-19 Woes in Foxconn China Plant

Apple supplier Foxconn’s COVID-19 woes at its vast iPhone manufacturing facility in China’s Zhengzhou city could slash the site’s November iPhone shipments by up to 30 percent, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said. The source, who declined to be identified as the information was private, said Foxconn…

Government May Clear Semiconductor Unit Proposals in Next 30-60 Days: MoS IT

Government May Clear Semiconductor Unit Proposals in Next 30-60 Days: MoS IT

The government is likely to start approving proposals to set up electronic chip and display manufacturing plants in the country in next 30-60 days, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. Speaking at IESA Vision Summit, Chandrasekhar said there has been a tremendous progress in…