Indian Times Economic Times reported that Hon Hai chairman Terry Gou has signed an MOU with a total value of 5 billion U.S. dollars (147.5 billion U.S. dollars) with the Maharashtra state government in western India in August 2015. In the past two and a half years There has been no significant progress, the local top officials worry last week, Hon Hai is not coming?
It is understood that Gou set out at the time that Hon Hai Group was to acquire 1,500 acres of land near Mumbai's Pune-bound highway and set up a large mobile phone and component factory. This was the largest foreign investment ever made in western India.
Speaking to the Economic Times, Hon Hai spokesman Xing Zhiping stressed that Guo Dong's commitment in 2015 to declare an investment of 5 billion U.S. dollars in India remains unchanged. Hon Hai will submit a briefing plan to the Maharashtra state government after the Lunar New Year.
Xing Zhiping stressed that 'Hon Hai has always invested (India), but these investments are not suitable for public release, but as part of the customer's business.' Spring Festival to the Maharashtra state briefing program, the investment will focus on electronic manufacturing , But need to have good communication with the local government, will not be misunderstood.It is understood that Hon Hai will be in full swing in India.
And Shuo, Wistron forward India set up factories to grab a single iPhone
Hon Hai Group to expand the layout of the United States, India and other places, the Heshuo, Wistron and other Taiwan's two major electronics foundries will also strengthen the overseas layout, which, Heshuo assessment set up factories in India, the fastest second half of this year clapboard; latitude Created a fund of nearly 70 billion, expanding in Kunshan and India.
Although the iPhone swept the world, but in the Indian market has been unable to win a piece of land, mainly due to heavy tax levied on imported electronic products in India, with Wistron announced expansion in India, and is also considering setting up factories in India, the two major manufacturers To produce iPhone, is expected to open the Indian market for Apple Apple Rocket to expand the iPhone sales.
Heshuo and Wistron is the low-end iPhone OEM assembly plant, the industry believes that the two plants actively invest in expansion, highlighting the next one to two years, the two sides in the iPhone order battle, will be more intense.
Heshuo General Manager Liao Cizheng said that at present, Heshuo has two business offices in the United States and the operation is very smooth. Therefore, Heshuo needs to know more about other places or markets and make preparations for the possible future development and layout.
In the face of Hon Hai's aggressive expansion of India's territory, Liao Ci-cheng said that Hosei will not miss India's investment and has already assessed the local factory's establishment as soon as possible in the second half of this year. As for the details such as the amount of investment, the public announcement will be made after the resolution of the Board of Directors.
Liao Cizheng emphasized that Heshuo is an assembly manufacturer and will not give up the chance of growth.However, India's statutory rules and infrastructure should be continuously assessed, especially the management of personnel, India is a developing country, the current management personnel are not so rich, Is Heshuo is still the main reason for the assessment of investment in India.
Wistron, the board of directors has invested 175 million US dollars (approximately NT $ 5.1 billion) in Wisconsin (Kunshan). Wistron Kunshan plant mainly produces iPhones, the outside world believes that the Wistron will be for the second half of Apple's new Mobile phone production capacity needs to prepare.
Wistron, a subsidiary of SMS InfoComm (Singapore), invested Wistron InfoComm Manufacturing (India) Private Limited in a capital injection of US $ 55 million (NT $ 1.6 billion), a response that Wistron will launch in India five The manufacturing plan of the year.
It is understood that Wistron India first phase of manufacturing is expected to build a new plant in Bangalore, the production of iPhones and other brands of smart phones.
For Apple, how to set up factories in India, how to set up factories in India to assemble iPhones locally and expand the market share of smartphones in the Indian market will be an important strategy.