Apple supplier Foxconn opening new iPhone factory in India next April
Tom Sykes
Posted On 03/06/2023 
The Indian Government has announced that Apple supplier Foxconn will soon open a new iPhone factory in the southern India state of Karnataka, which will create 50,000 new jobs in the country.
According to Reuters, Foxconn will receive the keys for its new iPhone factory by July 1, 2023, with manufacturing beginning in April 2024.
Foxconn has reportedly set a target of manufacturing 20 million iPhones a year at the new plant.
Apple has been expanding its manufacturing efforts in India over recent years, with the country assembling low quantities of the iPhone 14, as well as some older iPhone models, including the iPhone 13 and iPhone SE.
Reports have previously suggested that Apple is aiming to produce 25 percent of all iPhones in India by 2025, with trade tensions between the U.S. and China a key driving force between the move.
Despite the push, earlier this year it was reported that Apple was disappointed with the quality of iPhone production in India, with the Cupertino company hitting several roadblocks in scaling up iPhone production in the country, including quality issues that saw 50 percent of casing rejected for not meeting quality standards.
