Apple supplier Foxconn expands India iPhone production, further diversifying supply chain away from mainland China


Foxconn is adding iPhone production capacity to an existing factory near Chennai, according to a local report. The electronics manufacturer has been seeking to diversify its supply chain away from mainland China amid Covid-19 disruptions and geopolitical tensions. — SCMP

Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group is reportedly adding extra iPhone production capacity to an existing factory in India as part of its push to diversify its supply chain beyond China.

Taiwan-based Foxconn, the world’s biggest electronics contract manufacturer, will soon start phone production in a new building at an existing factory near Chennai, capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, according to local media The Economic Times, citing unnamed sources.

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