Last Updated: December 05, 2023, 07:00 IST
Foxconn and Pegatron had to act on the climate circumstances
Taiwan’s Foxconn and Pegatron have halted manufacturing of Apple iPhones at their factories close to Chennai in southern India due to heavy rains, 4 sources shut to the matter stated on Monday.
BENGALURU:Taiwan’s Foxconn and Pegatron have halted manufacturing of Apple iPhones at their factories close to Chennai in southern India due to heavy rains, 4 sources shut to the matter stated on Monday.
Heavy rains lashed town of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state, a significant electronics and manufacturing hub, with floodwater sweeping away automobiles and shutting its airport as Cyclone Michaung headed down the coast to the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh.
Foxconn, which employs about 35,000 folks at its Tamil Nadu iPhone manufacturing unit, has but to resolve whether or not to resume manufacturing on Tuesday, two sources stated.
Foxconn has quickly expanded its presence in India by investing in manufacturing areas within the south of the nation as Apple appears to be like to shift some manufacturing away from China.
Apple recorded its highest ever quarterly shipments from India within the quarter ending September at greater than 2.5 million models, information from market analytics agency Counterpoint Research confirmed.
Apple declined to remark. Foxconn and Pegatron didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for remark.
This is the second time in latest months that Pegatron has been pressured to shut its manufacturing unit, having briefly halted meeting of iPhones after a hearth in September.
