Apple seeks changes in India labor laws in push to diversify beyond ChinaApple Inc. is requesting new labour law reforms in India as it seeks to expand local production; governments there prefer manufacturing its...
21 Mar, 2023, 04.37 PM IST
Tata nears iPhone plant takeover to grow Apple supply roleThe airline-to-software conglomerate has been in talks with the factory’s owner, Taiwan’s Wistron Corp., for months, and is looking to comp...
10 Jan, 2023, 09.47 AM IST
Riot-hit Wistron India iPhone plant unlikely to open soonWhile analysts expect the shortfall in production caused by the disruption at Wistron to be met by imports, demand for the Apple iPhone mod...
12 Jan, 2021, 03.54 PM IST
Karnataka government may make Apple party to inquiry into violence at WistronThe Karnataka government could make Apple a party to the inquiry into the violence at the Wistron factory that makes iPhones, people famili...
21 Dec, 2020, 08.29 AM IST
Wistron says it has settled pending payments and is telephoning employees for confirmationWistron has formed teams to address wage related issues so that the work at the factory could resume at the earliest. The team is making ph...
19 Dec, 2020, 05.07 PM IST
Karnataka Labour minister says employees are ready to get back to work at Wistron factoryThe government, he said, is hoping for the production at Wistron facility to resume in 15-20 days. “The management has agreed to rectify er...
17 Dec, 2020, 04.05 PM IST
Wistron incident: Centre advises Karnataka to complete inquiry quicklyThe Commerce and Industry Ministry has also advised the state to ensure that investor sentiment is not affected by this one-off incident.
16 Dec, 2020, 07.16 PM IST
Karnataka labour department says workers' rights violated at Wistron factoryThe team of labour officials that inspected the factory and interacted with the management, manpower supply agencies and employees, has rev...
16 Dec, 2020, 03.42 PM IST
Violence at Wistron factory could sour Apple's 'Make In India' plans"The company was looking to hire between 15,000 to 20,000 workers over the next one year, had plans to assemble another iPhone device but t...
16 Dec, 2020, 09.08 AM IST
Wistron factory incident neither reflection of India as country nor our culture: ICEAIn a letter to Vincent Lee, vice-president (innovation business group) of Wistron Infocomm Manufacturing India, the India Cellular and Elec...
15 Dec, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
Karnataka govt says it is working with Wistron to re-open facility and address workers' grievances“Wistron is a very important project and a flag-bearer of India’s ambitions to become a global hub for electronics manufacturing. The state...
15 Dec, 2020, 08.09 PM IST
India’s apex electronics manufacturer’s body condemns Wistron plant violence, assures support"We fully stand by Wistron and are committed to working closely with the Centre and the State government and security agencies to ensure th...
15 Dec, 2020, 06.22 PM IST
Wistron factory violence: Apple needs to enforce supplier code of conduct in India, say analystsOn Saturday, a section of workers vandalised the Taiwanese iPhone supplier’s plant in Kolar, Karnataka, following an alleged dispute over w...
14 Dec, 2020, 07.47 PM IST
Apple says launched probe into Karnataka Wistron factory violenceOn Saturday, a section of workers vandalised the Taiwanese iPhone supplier’s plant in Kolar, Karnataka, following an alleged dispute over w...
14 Dec, 2020, 11.35 AM IST
Apple to have minor impact on iPhone production due to violence at Wistron plantWorkers at Wistron Corporation's manufacturing facility in Narasapura Industrial Area in Kolar district near Bengaluru went on rampage on S...
13 Dec, 2020, 10.13 PM IST
Blue Star bags Rs 128 crore order from Taiwan-based Wistron InfocommIn a regulatory filing, Blue Star said it has won an "order from Wistron Infocomm valued at Rs 128 crore, for MEP works for their factory e...
09 Nov, 2020, 12.13 PM IST
Mobile phones’ manufacturing to restartMakers of iphone & Xiaomi phones get requisite permissions from state authorities in South
05 May, 2020, 07.12 AM IST