Apple supplier Foxconn plans 2 new component plants in India, spending US$500 million to build out footprint
- One factory the Taiwanese company plans to construct in the southern Karnataka state will produce Apple parts, including for iPhones, sources told Bloomberg
- Foxconn has been seeking to diversify manufacturing away from China, with India being one of the biggest beneficiaries
At least one of the factories that the Taiwanese company plans to construct in the southern Karnataka state will produce Apple parts, including for iPhones, people familiar with the matter said. A formal announcement is expected as early as this week, the people said, declining to be named as the matter is not public.
The exact location of these new plants is yet to be decided.
Apple did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, did not respond to an email for comment.
The Karnataka state government did not respond to a request for comment outside of business hours.
Separately, Foxconn has also signed an initial agreement with the southern Tamil Nadu government to set up a component plant with an investment of 16 billion rupees (US$195 million), the state’s industries ministry said Monday. The project planned at Kancheepuram district is likely to generate about 6,000 jobs.
Apple suppliers such as Foxconn have ramped up business in India over the past few years thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s incentives to boost local manufacturing. States such as Karnataka have also wooed companies with quick decision making, cutting down on red tape and throwing in subsidies.