Apple Inc’s major iPhone assemblers are among the companies expected to win approval to participate in a US$6.6bil (RM27.37bil) stimulus programme to bring manufacturing to India. — AFP
Apple Inc’s major iPhone assemblers are among the companies expected to win approval to participate in a US$6.6bil (RM27.37bil) stimulus programme to bring manufacturing to India, according to people familiar with the matter, a potentially seismic shift as the world’s most valuable company diversifies beyond China.
At a cabinet meeting on Sept 16, the Indian government is expected to approve a plan aimed at bringing US$150bil (RM622bil) in mobile-phone production over the next five years, said the people, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. Among the dozen phonemakers already cleared by a high-powered government committee are Apple’s primary supplier Foxconn Technology Group, which had submitted two applications, and peers Wistron Corp and Pegatron Corp, the people said. The three companies make virtually every iPhone sold globally in sprawling factories currently located mainly in China.
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