iPhone maker Foxconn plans to set up first facility in North India in THIS city, eyes 300-acre land

iPhone maker Foxconn is reportedly planning to set up its first facility in North India in Noida. The Taiwanese electronics manufacturer and the Uttar Pradesh government have started discussions regarding the facility, sources aware of the development said, PTI reported. Foxconn is the biggest iPhone producer in the country. The investment pitch was made by Invest UP to Foxconn at the time of the final land allocation for the HCL-Foxconn chip joint venture Vama Sundari. An official source at the Centre also confirmed that discussions have started to set up a Foxconn electronics manufacturing services unit in Uttar Pradesh. The UP government has allocated 48 acres of land already for the Vama Sundari project in sector 28 of YEIDA. The JV will initially invest Rs 3,706 crore in setting up an outsourced semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility and expects to create around 4,000 jobs.

"The Uttar Pradesh government through Invest UP is in discussion with Foxconn to get their electronics manufacturing unit in the state. During the discussion, the state government mentioned the availability of 300-acre land under Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA)," a source said. "The discussions are at a very initial stage. There is no discussion on the type of products...Foxconn will manufacture," another source involved in the discussion said. The query sent to the Uttar Pradesh government remained unanswered, while Foxconn did not comment on the development.

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Most of the mobile phone manufacturers like Samsung, Vivo, Oppo, Dixon, and Lava, among others, have their production units in Uttar Pradesh. The brands housed in Utter Pradesh jointly account for over 80 per cent of the country's smartphone market share. According to ICEA, mobile phone exports from India have crossed an all-time high of Rs 2 lakh crore in FY 2024-25, a 55 per cent growth over the Rs 1.29 lakh crore recorded in FY 2023-24. Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced that the iPhone alone accounted for Rs 1.5 lakh crore worth of export in the smartphone segment.

(With inputs from PTI)