iPhone assembler in India to resume production next week

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ Wistron Corporation, Apple Inc.’s main iPhone assembler in India, is set to resume production next week following the attack at the company’s plant in Narsapura, Karnataka in December last year, over non-payment of salaries, sources said.

According to the sources, reconstruction of the iPhone manufacturing plant, run by Taiwan-based tech giant Wistron Corporation at Narsapura, is nearing completion. Large scale rehiring post extensive background checks by local police is now underway.

Wistron Plant restart and i-Phone production will very likely begin next week. The sources said that global iPhone demand is going through the roof and therefore efforts are being made get capacity back on track to cater to the demand. Post resuming of production, the plant will scale up to full capacity in four weeks.