Tata Electronics mentioned on Thursday it is going to restart a few of its operations on the fire-hit plant within the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, which makes Apple iPhone parts.
A hearth broke out in one of many six models on the plant within the early hours of Saturday. Fireplace and native authorities officers advised Reuters that the incident occurred at an space the place chemical compounds had been saved.
“We plan to restart work in lots of areas of the power right this moment. And as we work towards resuming full operations, all our group members will proceed to obtain full pay,” an organization spokesperson mentioned.
District authorities and the corporate are but to establish the reason for the hearth.
The Director of Industries for the state has given the corporate a go-ahead to start out operations, district administrative official Okay.M. Sarayu mentioned.
M Velu, a district hearth officer mentioned the worth of damages shouldn’t be but recognized.
“We are going to know extra solely after the elimination of the particles. The whole shed has collapsed with little visibility into the damages,” Velu mentioned.
The fireplace on the Tata Electronics plant is the most recent to have an effect on Apple suppliers in India, and comes when the US agency is diversifying its provide chain past China.
The fireplace may hamper manufacturing forward of the gross sales surge through the festive season, an trade watcher and a supply advised Reuters earlier this week.
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