India's total blockade for 3 weeks: Foxconn and Wistron's Indian plants have been shut down

As the new crown epidemic continues to spread, India has entered a three-week total blockade from March 25. Affected by this, Foxconn and Wistron, two well-known foundries that produce iPhones for Apple, have suspended all production in the Indian plant, and iPhone production capacity may be affected ... According to foreign media reports, Foxconn said in a statement that its Indian plant will be completely shut down before April 14. As for when to resume work, the company said it would work out specific plans based on local government recommendations. A Wistron spokesperson said that the company continued to feel that it would abide by local government orders to temporarily suspend operation of the Indian plant, but declined to say which products would be affected by the shutdown. As we all know, Foxconn and Wistron are the main foundries of many well-known electronic products. Although both companies have made it clear which products will be affected by the shutdown, it is no secret that their Indian factories mainly produce old iPhones and other products for Apple. It is reported that in the Indian smartphone market, Apple has only a small portion of the market, because of its high smartphone pricing and 20% import tax, which is beyond the scope of local consumers. But the company believes that developing in India's 1.3 billion population is important for its long-term growth. Bloomberg believes that India ’s 21-day national blockade will have a huge impact on the technology giant Apple Inc. ’s fastest-growing mobile device business in the world. In this regard, Apple has not commented. Xiaomi's smartphone factory in India will also stop production after OPPO and vivo According to the Taiwan Media Economic Daily, affected by the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in India, mainland Chinese mobile phone brands such as Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, Lenovo's Motorola and other companies will stop production of mobile phone factories in India. Recently, OPPO and vivo and South Korea's Samsung Electronics announced the suspension of their factories in Greater Noida, India. OPPO stated that OPPO India has taken a series of precautionary measures, including providing protective equipment for employees and initiating remote office work. At the same time, in response to the government's epidemic response policy, the company has also suspended factory operations in accordance with relevant requirements. Non-factory employees have been working from home since Monday, and Indian factories have ceased production since March 23. Xiaomi, India's largest smartphone brand, also joined the shutdown and said it would follow the Indian government's blockade order. Xiaomi India said that every facility including company offices, warehouses, service centers, Xiaomi homes and manufacturing plants will comply with the blockade order. At the same time, the company will monitor the situation 24 hours a day. In addition, Motorola, a subsidiary of Lenovo Group, will also close its factory, and Lenovo also confirmed that the Indian factory received a government request for a temporary shutdown until March 31 on March 23. Lenovo pointed out that at present, except for the Indian factory, the remaining overseas factories have no significant impact for the time being. Chinese mainland mobile phone brands have already occupied up to 70% of the Indian mobile phone market. In recent years, they have further planned to set up factories in India and make mobile phones “made in India” to further gain market share. However, the epidemic has now broken out in India and production has to be stopped.