Lithium-Ion batteries for Apple iPhone to be manufactured in India, minister says

India’s efforts to change into a world enterprise hub have began reaping fruits as lithium-ion batteries for Apple iPhone smartphones will be manufactured in the nation, stated a cupboard minister.

Rajiv Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, on his X web page, stated that TDK Corp, a Japanese electronics producer, will make lithium-ion battery cells for Apple iPhones in India.

“TDK, a number one provider of cells to Apple, is establishing a 180-acre facility in Manesar, Haryana to construct cells for batteries which can be used in the #MadeInIndia iPhones,” wrote Chandrasekhar on his X web page.

He added: “Congratulations Apple, TDK workforce and @cmohry Haryana govt for enabling aim of deepening Electronics manufacturing ecosystem in India.”

A number of days again, Taiwan-based Foxconn, in a regulatory submitting stated that it’s planning to inject $1.6 billion by means of Foxconn subsidiary Hon Hai Technology India Mega Development.

The funding got here only a few months after Foxconn pulled out of a $19.5 billion chipmaking three way partnership in India by “mutual settlement.”

Foxconn additionally added it’s fairly “assured” about India’s semiconductor trade ambitions.

Earlier in September, it was reported Apple Inc. is planning to considerably improve its manufacturing capability in India, because it goals to increase its funding in the nation to roughly $40 billion over the subsequent 4 to 5 years.

Moreover, in May, Foxconn’s India subsidiary acquired a 300-acre land parcel on the outskirts of India’s tech capital Bengaluru to speed up the manufacturing of iPhones in India.

The authorities of Karnataka additionally accredited the ₹8,000-crore proposal by the Taiwanese firm to arrange a cell phone manufacturing unit close to Bengaluru.

In September, the Economic Times reported that Apple will begin manufacturing the iPhone 15 Plus regionally in India by the fourth quarter of this yr. This transfer from the tech large aligns with an earlier report that implied Apple is planning to transfer iPhone manufacturing to India to cut back its reliance on China.