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New Delhi: Foxconn’s massive new iPhone factory near Bengaluru has quietly crossed a big milestone and it shows how fast India’s electronics manufacturing story is changing on ground. In less than nine months, the company has hired close to 30,000 workers at its Devanahalli unit, as reported by The Economic Times.
Most of the workforce here is young, many of them in their very first job, and a very large share are women in the age group of 19 to 24. The energy at a site like this is usually different.
According to The Economic Times, this 300 acre facility started trial production around April to May and began working on iPhone 16 units. Today, it is already assembling the iPhone 17 Pro Max and shipping more than 80 percent of its output overseas. People tracking the project told the publication that the plant could reach 50,000 workers at peak capacity next year. Government officials quoted in the report called it a major success for manufacturing growth efforts.
The setup itself feels like a township. The campus has six large dormitories for women workers. Some are already full, others are being completed at full pace. Workers get free accommodation, subsidised meals and an average salary around ₹18,000 per month, according to estimates cited in the report. Many women from neighbouring states have moved here for work, which shows how employment migration is shifting with electronics production.
Foxconn is investing about ₹20,000 crore in this Bengaluru site. The report says the factory may eventually become India’s largest by employment and production capacity. It is also expected to overtake Foxconn’s unit in Tamil Nadu that currently employs nearly 41,000 people. People familiar with the project said the Bengaluru plant could expand from about four assembly lines now to nearly a dozen as it scales.
Officials quoted by The Economic Times said Apple’s India manufacturing growth shows how fast things can change when policy support, investment and execution come together. Apple and Foxconn did not respond to the newspaper’s queries, but the hiring numbers, export volumes and factory preparation speak loudly enough on their own.
India has now become a serious part of Apple’s global production base. The report said all new iPhone models are now being made in India from the start cycle and exported worldwide. Nearly 45 suppliers are part of Apple’s local ecosystem, covering components and sub-assembly. Workers also go through six weeks of training before entering production lines.
