Posted on 07/02/2025 6:43:40 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Apple's effort to expand iPhone production in India has encountered a setback as Foxconn has recalled hundreds of Chinese engineers and technicians from its Indian factories, Bloomberg reports.
According to people familiar with the matter who spoke to Bloomberg, Foxconn has been sending home a large number of Chinese workers previously stationed at its iPhone manufacturing facilities in southern India. The process began approximately two months ago, and more than 300 Chinese staff have now departed.
These individuals were primarily engineers and technicians responsible for supporting operations on-site, many of whom played a central role in training local Indian workers and optimizing production processes. Taiwanese support personnel remain in India, one source said.
Foxconn is Apple's largest iPhone assembler and has led much of the company's manufacturing expansion into India. The decision to withdraw Chinese staff comes at a critical time, as Apple and its partners prepare to ramp up production of the iPhone 17. Foxconn is also currently constructing a new production facility in southern India.
The specific reason for the recall of the personnel is not known, but Bloomberg suggests that it aligns with the wish of Chinese authorities to impose tighter controls on the transfer of technology, labor, and equipment to India and Southeast Asia, as Chinese companies face growing pressure from global clients to diversify production outside China.
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Smart of China.
India could always recall some of their H1B visa holders that are over here.
Is that ICE app (still?) available on Apple’s app store...?
Just curious.
Your next iPhone will cost $7000000000.99
All the more reason to shift more production out of China - so they don’t have nearly as much leverage. Right Apple?
So.. Do i have this straight?
China has an issue with other countries learning/ “stealing” their production “secrets”?
How about make them in the USA?
Globalism is a threat to freedom and capitalism. Sickening. Make it here.
Definitely a Pot &, Kettle situation.
How ironic.
Did they really think China would help their competition?
A pox on all of them.
India: socialist ant hill number 1 vs. China: socialist ant hill number 2.
Tim Cook is a homo globalist who hates American workers.
Apple In China - by Patrick McGee
The story of how Apple gave China high-tech manufacturing prowess, and China gave them an organized an army of peasant labor to support it, while turning China into a tech superpower
so Apple is just following the Chinese workers ,LOL
Guess we’ll have to buy Elon Phones, or get them for free for driving one of his cars.
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