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Apple looks for Indian suppliers, starts talks with Bharat Forge for component manufacturing: Report | mint

According to a report in The Economic Times, Apple is in talks to make Kalyani Group of India one of its vendors in India. If the talks come to a standstill, Bharat Forge would be responsible for manufacturing components for the Cupertino-based tech giant, putting it on par with Tata Group, Motherson Group and Aequus.

“Apple wants to work with some of the largest Indian companies and has begun talks with Bharat Forge, based in Pune, Maharashtra,” a source told The Economic Times.

Apple’s India manufacturing push:

Apple has been busy expanding its India supply ecosystem over the past few years. Reportedly, Apple’s local value add for various models was around 5-8% when it started manufacturing in India at the start of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme in 2020, but now it is around 20% for various models. Has increased rapidly till now.

Notably, the tech giant had assembled the vanilla iPhone 15 variants in India, but last year it doubled down on the India manufacturing effort and also started assembly of the iPhone 16 Pro models. Apple valued at $17.5 billion in 2024 and also achieved a record $12.8 billion in exports in the same year.

Who are the apple manufacturers in India?

Apple currently has three iPhone assembly plants in India, two in Tamil Nadu and one in Karnataka. One of the plants in Tamil Nadu is operated by Foxconn, while Apple’s other two plants are operated by the Tata Group.

Apple has encouraged its suppliers from China, Japan, Taiwan and other countries to set up manufacturing units in India. Top suppliers that have started manufacturing in India include Sunwoda (battery packs), Foxlink (cables) and Aequs (enclosures).

Meanwhile, reports say that one of Apple’s largest suppliers, Amperex Technology, will soon start producing battery cells at a 180-acre plant in Manesar, Haryana.

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