The Foxconn Technology Group (Foxconn) is sending hundreds of Chinese engineers and technicians back home from its iPhone factories in India. Foxconn is Taiwan’s multinational electronics contract manufacturer. It also handles manufacturing of Apple’s products. According to Bloomberg, those who know the case say that most Chinese employees were asked to return about two months ago at Foxconn’s iPhone plants in South India.
After this, more than 300 Chinese workers have gone. Most of those who are left are part of Taiwan’s support staff. According to Bloomberg, sources say that this homecoming of Chinese employees from Foxconn plants will not affect the quality of the production of Apple products in India. But this can affect the affinity of the assembly line.
The departure of Chinese employees from Foxconn plants is at a time when Apple is preparing to increase the production of the new iPhone 17 in India. At the same time, Foxconn is going to start a new iPhone plant in South India.
The reason has not been revealed yet
It has not yet been revealed why Foxconn sent the employees home. Earlier this year, Bloomberg News reported that Chinese officials had verbally asked regulatory agencies and local governments to curb the export of texual transfer and equipment in India and Southeast Asia. This is so that companies can be prevented from moving their manufacturing outside China elsewhere.
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Foxconn still makes most of the iPhone in China
Foxconn still makes most of the iPhone in China. It slowly started assembly operations in India on a large scale in recent years. To speed up the expansion, the company put a large number of experienced Chinese engineers in India. The role of China’s managers has been important in training Foxconn employees in India.
By the end of Apple 2026, most of the iPhone sold in America is planning to make in India. But the American nation husband Donald Trump is against it. He says that Apple should make iPhone in America for American customers. He has also threatened that if Apple does not listen to him, then he can be tarted. Expensive workforce in the US makes iPhone’s production impractical there.
