Tata said it plans to hire up to 45,000 female workers within 24 months at Hosur’s iPhone component factory.
Tata Group is planning to scale up the number of employees at its electronics factory that makes iPhone components in southern India, adding tens of thousands of workers as part of an effort to win more business from Apple. .
People familiar with the matter said the factory in the industrial town of Hosur, in the state of Tamil Nadu, will hire 45,000 women within 18 to 24 months of setting up the new production line. Factory Iphone The housing, or cases that hold equipment together, currently employ about 10,000 workers, most of whom are women.
The salt-to-software consortium is among the Indian companies trying to benefit from Apple diversify its supply chain outside of China. While only a small fraction of iPhone models and its components are made in India, the country is entering in an attempt to challenge China as its neighbor struggles with COVID– related to the strikes and political tension with the US.
The Hosur factory, which spans more than 500 acres, in September employed about 5,000 women, including those from indigenous tribal communities, residents said, who declined to be named because staffing plans were not available. be made public. Indian companies are looking to hire more women to ameliorate the gender imbalance in the country’s workforce.
Tata and Apple representatives did not respond to emails seeking comment.
Women working at the Hosur factory earn a combined salary of just over Rs 16,000 a month, nearly 40% higher than the Indian industry average for workers who use hands or tools to assemble. , according to the people. The workers are provided with free food and accommodation on campus, the residents said, adding that Tata also plans to provide training and education.
India’s nascent electronics industry is trying to capitalize on China’s challenges in dealing with the pandemic. Apple’s main manufacturing partner, Foxconn Technology Group, is grappling with concerns that the COVID outbreak at its main factory in China could affect production ahead of the key holiday shopping season.
To diversify beyond China, Foxconn and Taiwanese contract manufacturers Wistron and Pegatron increased iPhone production in India – a move also spurred by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s financial incentive program. That has helped increase iPhone exports from the South Asian country.
Increasing domestic component production will also boost India’s efforts to expand deeper into the technology supply chain. Competing iPhone housing suppliers include Lens Technology, Jabil and Guangdong Lingyi iTech, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.
Separately, Tata Group is in talks with Wistron to form an electronics manufacturing joint venture, seeking to assemble iPhones in India, people familiar with the matter said in September.
– With support from Mark Gurman.
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