Apple to setup iPhone manufacturing facility in Bengaluru: Sources
BENGALURU: Apple plans to make iPhones for the
Indian market in Bengaluru. Wistron, a Taiwanese OEM maker for Apple, is
setting up a facility in Peenya, the city's industrial hub, to manufacture the
iPhones. The facility will start production from next April, according to
industry sources.
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| Apple's second big announcement for Bengaluru |
Top sources in the company confirmed to TOI that
Apple is "very serious" about beginning assembly operations —and
thereafter full manufacture — in India by the end of next year. "Bangalore
is being looked at seriously," said multiple sources within the company.
Local manufacture will help Apple price its phones competitively as full
imports attract 12.5% additional duty.
Foxconn, Apple's largest Taiwan-based OEM, earlier committed to setting up a manufacturing plant in Maharashtra. The assumption was the plant would make only Apple products. But sources say Foxconn has tied up with other players like Xiaomi and OnePlus for local manufacture and not necessarily to only make Apple products there.
Foxconn, Apple's largest Taiwan-based OEM, earlier committed to setting up a manufacturing plant in Maharashtra. The assumption was the plant would make only Apple products. But sources say Foxconn has tied up with other players like Xiaomi and OnePlus for local manufacture and not necessarily to only make Apple products there.
This will be Apple's second big announcement for
Bengaluru. In May, Apple announced a design and development accelerator in the
city to grow the iOS developer community and also to guide Indian developers to
leverage Apple's programming language Swift and build apps for Apple TV and
Apple The facility will open early next year.
Source:
NDTV Gadget.
