Foxconn eyes major expansion in India: Plans to assemble Apple iPads at Tamil Nadu facility
Foxconn is evaluating plans to assemble Apple’s flagship tablet iPad in India, marking a significant expansion of its current operations focused on making iPhones, multiple people aware of the developments told ET.
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The Taiwanese contract manufacturer may begin assembling iPads at its facility in Tamil Nadu’s Sriperumbudur, in what will be a show of confidence in the rapidly expanding supply chain in India for Apple’s iconic products.
So far, India-based units of Foxconn and other global contract manufacturers have only assembled Apple’s smartphones. “Foxconn is seriously looking to start assembling Apple iPads out of its Tamil Nadu facility,” according to one person cited above.
A second source in the know said “some rounds of discussions have already happened with the government as well on this”, adding that “their experience so far has been very good, and they are coming full force. They will double what they have in the next few years, which includes iPhone, iPads and some other products too.”
Apple’s Diversification Plan:
However, assembly of the “Mac range of laptops may take some time as the produc-tion volume is very small”.
Apple’s plans to expand the portfolio of products assembled in India ties into its strategy of diversification away from Chi- na. In fact, Apple had already diverted a portion of its product development for the iPad to
