Apple Preparing to Make More AirPods in India

[MacRumors]

Foxconn's facility in Hyderabad, India is preparing to double monthly AirPods output and more than double its workforce as Apple accelerates accessory manufacturing in the country, the Economic Times reports.

Foxconn will apparently raise capacity at its Kongara Kalan plant from more than 100,000 units per month to 200,000 units per month by overhauling five existing assembly lines and installing additional equipment that is being transferred from facilities in Vietnam. The site began production of AirPods in April after machinery and tooling were relocated.

The workforce of around 2,000 employees is also likely to rise to 5,000 in the next six to eight months. The current assembly mix at the plant includes the AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 3.

The step-up in Hyderabad follows a temporary constraint in July, when AirPods production was hampered by a shortage of dysprosium after China tightened export controls on rare earth metals. The expansion of AirPods production in India is part of a broader strategic production shift in Apple's supply chain as it diversifies its manufacturing across different countries.

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[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

I would love to know how many AirPods worldwide have been lost inside treadmills and stairmasters. There’s another production line right there.

 

[1037]

Check out videos of Fast Fashion India.
Those are the same people building things for Apple.
I don't want anything from there.

 

[Taq'aix]

I’m happy to see my AirPods were manufactured in Vietnam.

 

[BelgianChoklit]

Make the left bud in India and the right one in the other to spread risk. 😁

 

[MasterControlProgram]

China invading Taiwan must be getting close, Apple will want to get everything out of China before that happens to avoid sanctions hitting their production lines.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Is India worse or better than china ?

 

[BarrettF77]

Glad all my devices this year were china and Vietnam. All the Indian stuff is always made poorly or has imperfections.

Apple’s plan for India keeps backfiring and this focus on that country needs to stop.

 

[Student of Life]

Diversification is good as long as quality control standards remain the same.

 

[cardfan]

I don't really care where they make em..lol

 

[Happy_John]

I don't really care where they make em..lol

… as long as build quality is not effected.

 

[johkg]

Is India worse or better than china ?

Heres an anecdote, a good friend used work for Wistron (Apple manufacturer) She told me any product that fails to pass QC out of the production line or returns due to DOA, cosmetic, defects, Apple will charge back to the manufacturer. Her company almost went bankrupt manufacturing the casing for iP5. The infamous chamfer edges was so hard to make, the defect rate was like 50%.

Doesn't matter where they're made, Apple demands quality and doesn't pay for defects.

 

[1037]

Is India worse or better than china ?

Worse

 

[t0rqx]

Let them keep their own manufactured products.

 

[danny842003]

China invading Taiwan must be getting close, Apple will want to get everything out of China before that happens to avoid sanctions hitting their production lines.

If china invades Taiwan sanctions is going to be the least of their problems.

 

[Mr. Z]

If china invades Taiwan sanctions is going to be the least of their problems.

The correct answer is that they have no intention of invading Taiwan in the foreseeable future, or, more precisely, such fantasies exist only as a propaganda tool for the declining Empire, because there always has to be some kind of bogeyman to scare little children who sincerely believe in fairy tales…