Tata Electronics to partially resume work at fire-hit iPhone part plant

Automobiles go by means of the safety verify on the entrance of Tata Electronics Plant which makes Apple iPhone elements in Hosur, Tamil Nadu.
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Tata Electronics stated on Thursday (October 3, 2024) that it plans to restart a few of its operations on the fire-hit plant in Tamil Nadu, which makes iPhone elements. The manufacturing unit was assembling the newest fashions of iPhones for Apple Inc. 

The ability was gutted in an enormous fireplace accident on Saturday (September 29, 2024). The manufacturing was suspended indefinitely after the fireplace broke out in an space that shops chemical compounds for the manufacturing unit that manufactures iPhone again panels and different elements. 10 individuals have been injured and the corporate instantly halted manufacturing, stories stated.

“We plan to restart work in lots of areas of the ability at present. And as we work towards resuming full operations, all our crew members will proceed to obtain full pay,” an organization spokesperson stated.

“The protection and well-being of our workers is at all times our prime precedence, and we’ve been working diligently since Saturday to assist our crew and to determine the reason for the fireplace at our Hosur facility, the Spokesperson added.

The corporate is likely one of the contract producers of Apple Inc. in India. The hearth on the Tata Electronics plant is the newest to have an effect on Apple suppliers in India, and it comes when the U.S. agency diversifies its provide chain past China.

(With inputs from Reuters)