India comes full circuit: Global tech giants set sights on the country for electronics production
semiconductor chip, that is used within the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi component of your phone, could’ve crossed international borders as many as 70 times before it reached you.
And this entire process can take up to 100 days, 12 of which are spent in transit between various supply chain steps. And this is just one tiny component that makes up the lifeline of the digital world. Components are as critical as the final device. But most of the components currently come from countries such as Taiwan, China, South Korea and the US. This is going to change soon, however.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking & Applied Risk ManagementVisitIndia’s ambitions of becoming a global electronics manufacturing hub rests on one critical factor: Component makers setting up shop in India, thereby laying a solid foundation for the electronics manufacturing and chip industry to take off in a big way. Apple’s largest suppliers Foxconn and Pegatron already have large operations in India. Its other supplier Wistron, which has a facility in Karnataka, has been taken over by Tata Electronics to expand its capability in contract manufacturing of high-end electronic items and accessories. And there are more.
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