As the trade war continues to be deadlocked, it is understood that Apple requires the Hon Hai India factory to fully upgrade its production capacity including technology and capacity. The Hon Hai India team even went to the mainland iPhone production line with Indian employees to train and reach Apple’s Claim.
Hon Hai’s iPhone production line in India was officially launched in August this year. However, because Apple’s export preferential tariffs with the Indian government have not yet been completed, Hon Hai’s Indian iPhone production line will still be dominated by domestic sales in India, with annual production capacity. Only about 1 million units.
However, after more than two months, it is understood that although Apple’s export preferential tariffs have not yet reached an agreement with the Indian government, Apple has decided to require Hon Hai to comprehensively upgrade the technical level of the Indian production line. Once an agreement on export preferential tariffs is reached, You can have the capacity to support the iPhone export.
Industry experts pointed out that Hon Hai Planning, training the first batch of Indian employees into seed instructors, the current fastest scale of about 1,000 people, is the direct delivery to the mainland factory area iPhone production line training, is a short time The fastest path to achieve results.
In addition to the production staff at the grassroots level, they even went to the mainland to train. Even the Indian team at the headquarters of Hon Hai also personally followed up the Indian employees and participated in the internship training of the iPhone production line in the mainland factory. The time was about 10 days to a half month. Long. Such unusual actions have also made the outside world think that Apple’s attempt to accelerate India’s attempt has been self-evident.
As for the outside world, what kind of iPhone models Apple wants to produce in India, the source said, is currently producing iPhone X, because this is Apple's first model using OLED panels, although behind the iPhone 11 two generations, However, for the Indian market, it is still relatively high-end models, and it is easy to follow up.
As Indian employees have been trained, it is understood that Apple even strongly demanded Hon Hai, the iPhone 12 (name tentatively) to be launched next year, and the affordable version of iPhone SE2, which must be produced in India, when the Hon Hai India production line The focus will be on how to allow Indian seed instructors to train new blood to effectively increase capacity.