Minister of State for IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Announces TDK from Japan as the Manufacturer for iPhone Li-Ion Battery Cells in India
TDK to Establish a Manufacturing Facility for iPhone Li-Ion Battery Cells in the Northern State of Haryana, Confirms Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Japanese electronic parts maker TDK Corp will manufacture lithium ion (li-ion) battery cells for Apple iPhone models in India, a minister said on Monday.
Apple has been touting India as its next big growth driver as it looks to move some production away from China.
It began assembling iPhone models in the country in 2017 through Wistron and later Foxconn, and has a total of 14 suppliers in India.
TDK will set up a manufacturing facility in the northern state of Haryana, creating several thousand new jobs, Deputy Minister for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
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… pic.twitter.com/hyJAf6yeqO
— Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 (@Rajeev_GoI) December 4, 2023
The news was first reported by Business Standard on Sunday.
Cells manufactured at the facility will be supplied to Apple’s li-ion battery assembler Sunwoda Electronics, the report added.
Apple and TDK Corp have not immediately responded to Reuters’ request for comment.
In September, an executive from Apple supplier Foxconn stated the company’s goal to double its workforce and investment in India by the following year. V Lee, Foxconn’s representative in India, mentioned in a LinkedIn post that the company was aiming for “another doubling of employment, FDI (foreign direct investment), and business size in India” by the next year.
In August, the state of Karnataka announced that Foxconn would invest $600 million (approximately Rs. 5,001 crore) in two projects in the state. One project would involve making casing components for iPhones, generating 12,000 jobs with an investment of $350 million (roughly Rs. 2,890 crore). The second project, a $250 million (approximately Rs. 2,064 crore) collaboration with Applied Materials, focused on manufacturing chip-making tools, as per the government’s statement.
