A fire that broke out on Sunday at a Pegatron Corp (和碩) plant in Chennai, the capital of India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, has had little impact on operations, the company said on Monday.
The iPhone assembler said in a statement that a small power panelboard at the factory caught fire on Sunday night, but the situation was quickly brought under control.
The incident did not result in casualties or damage to the plant, Pegatron said.
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The plant is in Mahindra World City, an industrial park in Chennai.
It produces the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, as well as the newest iPhone 15 and iPhone Pro models, Chennai-based TV channel Thanthi reported.
The plant halted production for a second day yesterday, but the fire broke out on a holiday, so the facility was not operational at the time, Reuters reported.
The Chennai facility has a production capacity of about 26,000 iPhones a day. It has been assembling about 8,000 to 12,000 iPhones per day over the past few months, Reuters reported, citing an industry source.
Pegatron accounts for about 10 percent of India’s iPhone production, research firm Counterpoint said.
The company began assembling iPhones in India in September last year and has been in talks to set up a second production site near its Chennai facility, Reuters reported.
Apple has made significant investments in India since 2017, mainly iPhone assembly via Taiwanese contract manufacturers, in line with the Indian government’s promotion of local manufacturing.
Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密), also known as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團), and Wistron Corp (緯創) are also producing iPhones for Apple in India.
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