While things were going better for Apple in India, a country where it is already the most valuable company, an accident occurred of which there are currently no victims to regret. It’s a fire at one of its main assembly plants was born last Saturday and, fortunately, is now extinct.
Complete shutdown of the iPhone factory in Hosul
Apple has been investing in India for some time to be able to have new production centers for products beyond China, as they are already exported to the world from India. Without going any further, 23% of iPhone 16s manufactured are in India.
All this with the help of partners like Foxconn, but also by concluding agreements with Indian companies. One of them is Tata Electronics, which since 2017 has provided Apple with a factory in the town of Hosul, located in the Tamal Nadu region, in the south of the country. It is precisely this plant that is currently affected.
As reported by Reuters, the Tamul Nadu factory had to stop production last Saturday due to a major fire. Some spokespersons were able to assure that there are no victims of any kind among the employeeswhich is the best news of this misfortune.
Given the speed of the firefighting units, which took little time to arrive on the scene, it could be suffocated within a few hours. Nevertheless, a damage analysis has not yet been carried out This may allay doubts about how long the rebuild will take before the plant can operate at full capacity again.
Likewise, the exact origin of the fire has not been determined, although some sources told Reuters that it could be due to “chemical components” used in this factory. It is therefore still early to make an assessment and even predict what Apple will do logistically. What is clear is that this represents a setback for a production that was going well.
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