In a significant milestone for India's electronics manufacturing sector, Foxconn has rapidly scaled up its new iPhone assembly plant in Devanahalli, Karnataka, hiring nearly 30,000 workers in just eight to nine months – marking the fastest workforce ramp-up at any factory in the country.
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Paragraph 2: The 300-acre facility near Bengaluru represents a Rs 20,000-crore investment by the Taiwanese contract manufacturer, Apple's primary partner. Karnataka's Minister for Electronics and IT, Priyank Kharge, described it as setting new benchmarks, with the plant targeting 50,000 jobs by 2026 as it reaches full capacity.
Paragraph 3: Production began with trial runs of the iPhone 16 series earlier in 2025 and has advanced to assembling the latest iPhone 17 Pro Max models. Over 80% of the output is earmarked for exports, reinforcing Karnataka's integration into Apple's global supply chain diversification efforts away from China.
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