Apple’s main iPhone assembly partner Foxconn is now constructing a new facility in India to manufacture iPhone casings, reports The Economic Times.
The new faciity is being built at ESR Industrial Park in Oragadam, Tamil Nadu. The facility is being constructed in an approximately 500,000 square foot space in ESR’s industrial zone, adjacent to Foxconn’s upcoming display module assembly plant, which is nearing completion and is also expected to supply Apple.
This will mark the first time Foxconn will manufacture iPhone enclosures in India, having previously focused exclusively on assembling iPhones at its existing plant in nearby Sriperumbudur. Tata Electronics remains Apple’s primary casing partner in India, as it already produces iPhone enclosures at its facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, where it was recently reported to be scaling up production capacity to an estimated 100,000 units.
This is just the latest move in Apple’s efforts to move some of its device and accessory production outside of China.
