iPhone Battery Cells In India To Be Produced By Japan’s TDK Corp – News18

TDK Corp, a Japanese digital elements producer, will produce lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cells for Apple iPhones in India.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Deputy Minister for Information Technology, took to micro-blogging platform X (Formerly referred to as Twitter) and confirmed that TDK will arrange a producing facility within the northern state of Haryana, creating a number of thousand new jobs.

“Another big win for PM @narendramodi ji’s visionary PLI scheme in shifting the mobile manufacturing ecosystem to India. TDK, a leading supplier of cells to Apple, is setting up a 180-acre facility in Manesar, Haryana to build cells for batteries which will be used in the #MadeInIndia iPhones.

Several 1000 new jobs will be created and increase in domestic value addition. Congratulations Apple, TDK team and @cmohry Haryana govt for enabling GoIs goal of deepening Electronics manufacturing ecosystem in India,” Chandrasekhar wrote on social media platform X

According to Reuters, Apple has been touting India as its subsequent massive development driver because it seems to be to maneuver some manufacturing away from China. It started assembling iPhones within the nation in 2017 via Wistron and later Foxconn, and has a complete of 14 suppliers in India.

Recently,  Indian Government additionally confirmed that Tata Group will begin making Apple iPhones in India to be exported to international markets internationally inside a span of two and a half years.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar,  lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s PLI scheme and mentioned, “within just two and a half years, Tata Companies will now start making iPhones from India for domestic and global markets.”

“Congratulations to the Tata team for taking over Wistron operations,” he added.

In addition, Chandrasekhar assured that the Indian authorities stands “fully in support of the growth of Global Indian Electronics companies that will, in turn, support global Electronic brands that want to make India their trusted manufacturing and talent partner, and to realize PM’s goal of making India a global electronics power.”

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