People familiar with the matter revealed that Foxconn, the main supplier of Apple, plans to invest nearly 500 million US dollars (about S $ 665 million) to set up two parts factories in India to maintain the diversified supply chain.
Bloomberg Society on Monday (July 31) quoted people familiar with the matter that Foxconn plans to have at least one parts of the factory built by Kanatak Pradesh, and at least one parts that will produce iPhone products such as iPhone.Foxconn is expected to officially announce the relevant plan this week.The exact location of these new factories has not been determined.
Apple did not immediately reply to the evaluation request.Foxconn did not reply to an email seeking comment.The Kanatak government government did not respond to the request for evaluation at non -working hours.
In addition, the Indian Ministry of Industry said on Monday that Foxconn and India Tamilnadbon signed a preliminary agreement to invest in 1.6 billion rupees (about 258.67 million yuan)EssenceThe factory is expected to be built in Gambelham and can bring about 6,000 jobs to the local area.
Foxconn's decision shows that when Sino -US relations are becoming increasingly tense, India has quickly become a popular destination for suppliers to transfer production lines from China.
Bloomberg reported earlier that Foxconn plans to invest $ 700 million to build a factory on a 300 -acre land near the CANATK -state capital of Bandolore Airport.The factory will assemble the iPhone Apple and make 100,000 jobs.
