Biggest iPhone manufacturing unit in India to be set up in Hosur, TN

Updated: Nov 16, 2022 11:29:27am

Chennai, Nov 16 (KNN) Telecom and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has confirmed that Apple iPhone’s biggest manufacturing unit in India will be established in Hosur in Tamil Nadu.

The American giant will employ about 60,000 people in its biggest unit across the country.

He said that to make iPhones, about 6,000 tribal women residing near Ranchi and Hazaribagh have been trained.

"Apple's iPhone is now getting made in India and it's the biggest plant in India is being set up at Hosur near Bengaluru. 60,000 people work in a single factory. The first 6,000 employees of these 60,000 employees are our tribal sisters from places nearby Ranchi and Hazaribagh. Tribal sisters have been trained to make Apple iPhone," the minister said.

Tata Electronics which has a plant at Hosur has been chosen by Apple to outsource the manufacturing of iPhone enclosures.

The company gets iPhones manufactured by electronics giants - Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron in India. (KNN Bureau)

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Matrix 26/12/2022 2:07 PM

Thanks to TOI for truthfully saying that the factory is in TN The credit goes to TN but some other media tries to give the impression that the unit is located near Bengsluru and misleading public. Hosur is near but it is a backward district located in TN.

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