Tata Electronics fire: Apple may turn to China for iPhone cases
Tata Electronics plant at Hosur is not operational within a month or so, market trackers and industry executives aware of the development said.
But they are hopeful that the plant will become operational in a couple of weeks as the smartphone industry has entered the crucial festive season when the bulk of the sales happen.
Operations at the Tata Electronics plant in the industrial town of Hosur in Tamil Nadu were disrupted over the weekend as a massive fire engulfed it. No casualties or injuries have been reported. The plant currently makes anodised enclosures, or cases, for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 models, according to industry analysts.
For now, the production disruption will not have any material impact on iPhone assembly happening in India, industry executives said. Apple’s contract manufacturers have enough inventory of the component for the next 6-8 weeks, by which time they hope that the unit will become operational.
“The fire happened in the raw material storage unit and not in the production lines. It is likely that the plant will be operational in a week or two,” an industry executive told ET on the condition of anonymity. Mass production of enclosures had begun earlier this year, the executive said, adding that it was not currently known why there was a fire.
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