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  iPhone Production Said to Have Started at New Tata Plant, Foxconn Close Behind as Apple Looks to India

  A new plant making iPhones in southern India has started production and another will begin shipments in May, as Apple looks to boost manufacturing beyond its tariff-hit main manufacturing hub, China, sources said.

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  Apple Aims to Build Most iPhones for US in India by End of 2026

  Apple is seeking to import most of the iPhones it sells in the US from India by the end of next year. The plans are the latest sign of Apple and its suppliers accelerating a pivot away from China, a process that began when harsh Covid lockdowns hurt production at its largest plant.

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  Google Pixel Production Could Shift From Vietnam to India as Company Seeks to Diversify Supply Chain

  Google is reportedly considering shifting Pixel smartphone production from Vietnam to India, and the company has conducted talks with local manufacturing partners Foxconn and Dixon. This move will accelerate Google's plans to expand manufacturing expansion, and company appears to be mitigating potential tariff impacts announced by the US on countri...

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  Apple Airlifted iPhones Worth $2 Billion From India Before Trump's Tariff Order

  Apple's main India suppliers, Foxconn and Tata, shipped nearly $2 billion worth of iPhones to the United States in March, an all-time high, as the US company airlifted devices to bypass President Donald Trump's impending tariffs, customs data shows.

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  Apple India Produces $22 Billion of iPhones in Shift From China

  Apple assembled $22 billion (roughly Rs. 1,89,412 crore) worth of iPhones in India in the 12 months ended March. The Cupertino, California-headquartered company now makes 20 percent, or one in five, of its prized iPhones in the South Asian country, according to people familiar with the matter

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  Apple Airlifts 600 Tons Of iPhones From India To US To Avoid Trump Tariffs: Report

  Tech giant Apple chartered cargo flights to ferry 600 tons of iPhones, or as many as 1.5 million, to the United States from India, after it stepped up production there in an effort to beat President Donald Trump's tariffs, sources told Reuters.

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  Apple Supplier Foxconn Reportedly Plans to Double iPhone Production in India This Year

  Foxconn reportedly plans to increase iPhone production in India, aiming for up to 30 million units in 2025, after assembling 12 million smartphones in 2024. Apple is said to be aiming to diversify its supply chain, with reports indicating that AirPods, iPad, and MacBook models might also be produced in the country.

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  Apple AirPods Production to Begin in India at Foxconn Plant in April for Export: Report

  Apple supplier Foxconn will reportedly start manufacturing AirPods at its Hyderabad facility soon. The production of wireless earphones is said to be limited to exports. This move is likely to be part of Apple's plans to diversify its manufacturing network beyond China. The brand is currently assembling all models in the latest iPhone 16 series in ...

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  Foxconn Unveils First Large Language Model Dubbed 'FoxBrain'

  Foxconn has launched its first large language model called FoxBrain. Foxconn said that though there was a slight performance gap compared with China's DeepSeek's distillation model, its overall performance is very close to world-class standards.

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  Apple Plans $500 Billion in US Investment, 20,000 Research Jobs in Next Four Years

  Apple said on Monday it would invest $500 billion (roughly Rs. 43,61,175 crore) in US over the next four years. US President Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post, thanked Apple and Cook, saying the move reflected the company's faith in his administration.

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  NHRC Faults Probe of Foxconn Hiring, Orders New Inquiry

  The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has admonished labor officials for failure to adequately investigate evidence of employment discrimination at Foxconn. An undated NHRC case status document shows Tamil Nadu labor officials told the commission on July 5 that 6.7 percent of the 33,360 women working at the Foxconn plant were married, without...

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  Foxconn, Dixon Said to Urge Government to Pay Pending Production Subsidies

  Foxconn Technology Group and Dixon Technologies India Ltd. are asking the government to pay them billions of rupees in subsidies they think they are entitled to under the government’s production incentives program. India’s technology ministry has not responded to the related queries.

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  Foxconn Said to Have Approached Nissan to Take Controlling Stake

  Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has approached Nissan Motor Co. to take a controlling stake, a person with knowledge of the matter said. Foxconn, which has been investing heavily in factories to build electric vehicles, would be interested in the entirety of the maker of Pathfinders, Sentra sedans and GTR supercars.

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  Taiwan's Foxconn Says Global Manufacturing Footprint to Shield it From Trump's Tariffs

  Young Liu, chairman of the contract manufacturer and key Apple supplier, told reporters after a forum in Taipei that it saw the primary impact of any fresh tariffs falling on its clients because its business model was based on contract manufacturing.

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  iPhone Production in India Reaches $10 Billion Milestone With PLI Scheme, Says IT Minister

  Apple’s iPhone production in India hit the $10 billion (roughly Rs. 84,000 crore) freight-on-board (FoB) value between the months of April and October of FY25, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw revealed, citing a report, on Monday. This translates into a growth of 37 percent compared to the same period in FY24, courtesy of the government’s productio...