iPhone made by Tata.. does this affect its quality?
India’s Tata Group is in the final stages of acquiring Taiwan’s “Westron Group” factory in Karnataka, India.
If the production capacity is completed as scheduled in August 2023, the task of manufacturing and assembling iPhones at the “Westron” factory in India will be transferred to Tata, making it the first iPhone manufacturing and assembly task undertaken by the “Westron” factory in India. Responsible for the task of manufacturing and assembling iPhone cell phones.
Although Apple has shifted some iPhone production from China to India in recent years, the production process there is handled by non-Indian companies such as Foxconn, Wistron, and Pegatron, all of which are Taiwanese.
10,000 workers collect the latest iPhone models
According to Bloomberg, the Wistron factory is worth about $600 million and employs more than 10,000 workers. It is currently assembling the latest iPhone models, the iPhone 14 series, and the factory will be dedicated to shipping iPhones worth $1.8 billion. Until March 2024, so Tata Group will have to fulfill these obligations once the acquisition is completed.
Who is the Tata Group?
Founded 155 years ago, the Tata Group comprises more than 115 companies in various industries, including Tata Steel, Tata Motors (including Jaguar and Land Rover), Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Technologies, Tata Tea, Tata Chemicals , Tata Industries, Tata Energy, Tata Telecom and Communications Services and Taj Mahal Hotels also operate airlines.
The Tata Group operates in more than 100 countries on six continents and exports products and services to companies in 150 countries.
About 1 million employees
The group employs about 935,000 people in industries as varied as building cars and trucks, compounding tea, making steel, selling insurance policies, inventing software, operating telephone networks, and packaging salt.
Tata’s previous relationship with Apple
Amid Apple’s efforts to diversify its production base and move some of it out of China, the iPhone maker has decided to team up with a slew of partners to manufacture devices in India, opting to partner with local firm Tata, Entrust its production and manufacturing tasks. iPhone case, and hopes that the partnership will reach a stage where Tata can fully assemble the device.
What does it mean that the iPhone is produced by Tata?
For users, nothing will change, digital transformation expert Eng. Rabih Saadeh told Sky News Arab Economy. The iPhone assembled by India’s Tata will be identical to the iPhone produced by Foxconn. He makes phones around the world, noting that the process of manufacturing and assembling iPhones is governed by Apple’s strict specifications and conditions, as the American company has specific requirements for how it treats suppliers, just as any quality violations are found, Freeze the co-op until the solution is removed. The question is final, or you resort to replacing the offending company with another, which is exactly what applies to cooperation with Tata.
Will this affect the quality of the phone?
Saadeh said that if the Tata Group succeeds in acquiring the Wistron factory, the factory will be managed by Tata’s technology-related departments and will be supervised by Wistron, so the quality of the iPhone will continue to be number one. Likewise, Wistron, in particular, is based in India, where it exported $500 million worth of iPhones in the three months ending June 30, 2023, meaning the factory makes iPhones that meet Apple’s stringent standards.
Saadeh emphasized that what everyone should realize is that if the Wistron factory in India is transferred to Tata Group and the quality level declines, these mobile phones will not be able to enter the market, but will be left in the warehouse to be destroyed. These phones do not meet the requirements and specifications and will not enter the market.
For India’s Tata, it’s an opportunity that won’t be repeated
Saad explained that Tata now has the opportunity to be the first to collect and manufacture Indian brands as India seeks to become a hub for new technologies on the Asian continent following the bitter economic war between the US and China. For Apple, the iPhone is an opportunity that will not be repeated, and the Indian group is also aware of this. The reason that prompted Wistron to consider selling the Indian business is its difficulty in negotiating higher profit margins with Apple, and therefore , the Tata group knows, owning the factory might not be a deal. From a material point of view, it can be profitable, but from a moral point of view, it must be profitable.
Saad said that Tata’s ability to cooperate with Apple and produce iPhones for it would constitute a huge leap for the entire Indian industry, considering that the success of the Indian group in this matter will enhance India’s efforts to challenge China’s dominance in electronics. Tata realizes that any misstep in this area will cost it dearly and it will not be possible to produce iPhones with good specifications and quality, which will develop its future relationship with Apple and lift the Indian electronics industry up. to the next level.