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China’s grip slips: Apple now assembles 25% of iPhones in India
Apple ramped up iPhone assembly in India by roughly 53% last year, now assembling about a quarter of its flagship devices there as the…
Modi urges Indians to only buy products made in India amid strained US ties
In a Sunday public address, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to favor locally made products over foreign ones, promoting…
President Trump asks Apple to stop moving iPhone production to India
President Donald Trump stated he has urged Apple’s CEO Tim Cook to halt its partners’ building out manufacturing facilities in India…
India plans subsidies to promote Apple production in country
To bolster domestic manufacturing, particularly of smartphones by companies like Apple, the Indian government is considering new subsidies…
Apple, other American firms protest India tech import curbs
Apple, along with a broad coalition of America’s largest businesses, protested the abrupt way in which India introduced tech import curbs…
Apple halts MacBook, iPad imports into India after sudden licensing demand
Apple is among the biggest tech names freezing new imports of laptops and tablets to India after the South Asian country abruptly banned…
India mandates licensing for MacBook, iPad, other laptop, tablet imports in ‘Make in India’ push
India on Thursday said it will impose a licensing requirement for imports of MacBooks, iPads, other laptops, tablets, and personal computers…
Apple assembler Foxconn invests $500 million in India in shift from China
Apple biggest assembler, Foxconn Technology Group, is planning to invest close to $500 million to build two component factories in India as…
Foxconn buys equipment from Apple unit for accelerated expansion in India
Foxconn, Apple’s key iPhone assembler, has accelerated its expansion in India by purchasing $33 million worth of equipment from an Apple…
Apple’s iPhone has propelled smartphones into one of India’s top five exports
Apple’s iPhones have propelled smartphones into the top-five most exported commodities from India in the fiscal that ended…
India’s Tata Group set to become Apple’s fourth iPhone assembler
Accelerating a shift of production outside China, Tata Group is set to become Apple’s fourth iPhone contract manufacturer, following its…
India being put to the test by Apple and many others as China manufacturing alternative
India’s dream of becoming the “new factory of the world” to rival U.S. geopolitical rival China won’t be without growing pains, as…
Apple and Foxconn win labor reforms to advance production plans in India
Apple and its major assembly partner Foxconn were among the companies behind a landmark reform of labor laws in the Indian state of…
Tata near to becoming first Indian Apple iPhone assembler
Tata Group is close to taking over a major Wistron plant in southern India in a deal that would give the country its first homegrown iPhone…
India uses generous subsidies, hefty import taxes to woo Apple suppliers
India is gaining more and more of tech colossus Apple’s supply chain business thanks to a carrot and stick approach…
Apple is primed for long-term growth in huge Indian market
Apple is gaining traction in India thanks to the growing adoption of 5G smartphones, sales of which are expected to take off in India in the…
Apple’s iPhone sales in India increase 34% to new all-time record
Apple posted its strongest quarter for iPhone sales in India as sales increased 34% year over year to 2.3 million units in the fourth quarter…
Foxconn iPhone factory in India temporarily shut over rats, worms in food, crowded dorms
Six women who worked at the Foxconn iPhone assembly factory in India near Chennai described rats, worms in food, crowded dorms, and more…
Apple doubles shipments in India
In India, Apple moved into the top five personal computer makers in Q121, pushing Acer into the “other” category, according to shipments …
Apple begins assembling iPhone 12 in India
Apple is now assembling the iPhone 12 in India as the company ramps up manufacturing operations in the world’s second-biggest…
Apple lobbies for larger India incentives for iPad assembly
Apple is lobbying for larger India incentives in a new incentive plan aimed to boost Indian exports of computer products, part of what…
Apple puts supplier Wistron on probation; no new business after India plant violence
Apple has put supplier Wistron on probation, saying on Saturday it would not award the Taiwanese contract manufacturer new business…
Riot-hit Apple supplier Wistron hired more than it could handle in India
Apple supplier Wistron quadrupled workers in India in only eight months, ramping up production just as Apple began direct online sales…
Apple profit leaps 267% in India for fiscal 2020
Apple’s net profit for FY20 stood at INR 926.2 Cr in FY20 in India, a 267% growth from INR 262.27 Cr in the preceding fiscal year…
Apple iPhone looks to capture sales during India’s Diwali shopping bonanza
Companies including Apple are releasing almost a hundred smartphone models ahead of India’s Diwali shopping bonanza, a massive…
iPhone assemblers gain approval for $143 billion India manufacturing plan
Major iPhone assemblers for Apple Inc. were among 16 companies that won approval to manufacture products in India under a plan aimed…
Apple finally ready to make a concerted push in India
After years of treading water, or worse, sinking, Apple is finally ready to make a concerted push into India …
Three top Apple suppliers to commit $900 million to iPhone assembly in India
Three top Apple suppliers plan to invest a total of almost $900 million in India over the next five years to tap into a new Indian plan…
Apple’s new 2020 iPhone SE is assembled in India
Apple’s latest — and most affordable — iPhone, the iPhone SE, is being assembled in India, the company confirmed in an official statement…
iPhone assembler Wistron to hire 10,000 employees in India
Taiwan-based Wistron, one of Apple’s main device assemblers, is expected to start commercial iPhone assembly at its Narasapura plant in India…
Apple makes iPhone 11 at Foxconn plant in India
Apple has started making its iPhone 11 at the Foxconn plant in India near Chennai. This marks the first time Apple has manufactured a top-line model…
Apple considering major shift of iPhone production from China to India
Apple is seriously examining the feasibility of shifting nearly a fifth of its production capacity from China to India and scaling up its…
India plans to airlift components from China to help local tech industry
India is planning to bolster its growing electronics sector by arranging to airlift components from China, according to government officials…
Apple supplier Wistron to make PCBs for iPhone in new plant in India
Highlighting Apple’s expansion of manufacturing in India, Taiwan’s Wistron Corp plans to assemble printed circuit boards (PCBs) for iPhones in India …
Apple supplier Salcomp to invest $279 million in new plant in India
Finland’s Salcomp, an Apple supplier, will invest 20 billion rupees ($278.67 million) in India to make mobile chargers and other smartphone components starting in March 2020…
Apple starts selling locally assembled iPhone XR in India
Apple Inc has started selling its popular iPhone XR phones assembled in India, as it looks to expand its share in the world’s second-largest smartphone market…
Apple supplier Foxconn begins iPhone XR assembly in India, iPhone 11 models next to be ‘Made in India’
Apple has begun commercial production of the iPhone XR locally at the Foxconn facility near Chennai, India, the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu…
India’s corporate tax cut to boost smartphone manufacturing
India’s lower corporate tax rate will help its smartphone industry expand, fuel research and development (R&D) investment and attract higher-value component makers…
How Apple is reacting to the U.S.-China trade war
Apple may be the pride of America, but there’s no avoiding the ironic fact that a “Assembled in China” stamp sits at the bottom of most Apple products..
India considers easing sourcing rules that may help Apple
India is considering relaxing local sourcing norms for foreign companies that sell only their own brand, a move that is likely to encourage Apple Inc. to set up stores…
Trump admin tariff threats spur exodus of manufacturers from China
Electronics makers are shifting manufacturing from China in order to side-step Trump administration tariffs…
