Apple’s India iPhone factory still has growing pains post-protests
A profile of Apple’s major iPhone factory in India’s Sriperumbudur shows the rapid expansion of the facility, and despite recovering from one set of problems, there are still poor working conditions that need to be addressed.
Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu state is a massive factory, and part of Apple’s plan to shift away from production centered in China to a more distributed setup. Operated by Foxconn, the facility houses 17,000 workers and is producing approximately 6 million iPhones per year, and will set its sights to do more.The profile of the factory by Time covers a lot of elements, including a study of satellite images showing the site’s construction activities over five years. Since 2021, there have been three new buildings constructed, with ground broken on space for another three.
