iPhone Li-Ion Battery Cells to Be Made in India by Japan’s TDK: Mos IT

Japanese digital components maker TDK Corp will manufacture lithium ion (li-ion) battery cells for Apple iPhone fashions in India, a minister mentioned on Monday.

Apple has been touting India as its subsequent massive progress driver because it appears to maneuver some manufacturing away from China.

It started assembling iPhone fashions within the nation in 2017 via Wistron and later Foxconn, and has a complete of 14 suppliers in India.

TDK will arrange a producing facility within the northern state of Haryana, creating a number of thousand new jobs, Deputy Minister for Data Expertise Rajeev Chandrasekhar mentioned on social media platform X, previously referred to as Twitter.

The information was first reported by Enterprise Customary on Sunday.

Cells manufactured on the facility shall be equipped to Apple’s li-ion battery assembler Sunwoda Electronics, the report added.

Apple and TDK Corp didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ request for remark.

Again in September, an govt at Apple provider Foxconn said that the producer aimed to double its workforce and funding in India by subsequent yr. V Lee, Foxconn’s consultant in India, had mentioned in a LinkedIn submit that the corporate was “aiming for an additional doubling of employment, FDI (international direct funding), and enterprise measurement in India” by this time subsequent yr.

In August, the state of Karnataka mentioned Foxconn will make investments $600 million (roughly Rs. 5,001 crore) for 2 initiatives within the state to make casing parts for iPhones and chip-making tools. Some $350 million (roughly Rs. 2,890 crore) will go in direction of organising the iPhone part unit which is able to generate 12,000 jobs, whereas Foxconn will tie up with Utilized Supplies in a $250 million (roughly Rs. 2,064 crore) mission to make chip-making instruments, the federal government had mentioned.

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