CHENNAI, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Apple supplier Pegatron temporarily halted iPhone assembly at its facility in south India on Monday after a fire on Sunday night, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Pegatron accounts for 10% of Apple's iPhone production in India, according to research firm Counterpoint.
Apple has bet big on India since it began iPhone assembly in the country in 2017 via Wistron (3231.TW) and later Foxconn (2317.TW), as the Indian government pushed for local manufacturing.
Pegatron, which started iPhone assembly in India in September last year, is also in talks to open a second Indian contract facility for Apple near the existing one in Tamil Nadu.
In February, a fire at a south Indian facility of Foxlink for iPhone charging cables forced it to halt production.
Persons:
TW, Pegatron, Ben Blanchard, Praveen, Munsif Vengattil, Aditi Shah, Sarah Wu, Toby Chopra, Susan Fenton, Mark Potter
Organizations:
Apple, Pegatron, Reuters, Local, Thomson
Locations:
CHENNAI, India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Wistron, Indian