REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File PhotoNEW DELHI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Foxconn (2317.TW) has rapidly expanded its presence in India by investing in locations in the south of the country for its manufacturing facilities, as the Taiwanese giant seeks to move away from China. Foxconn, the leading contract manufacturer of electronics, already has an iPhone factory in Tamil Nadu, which employs 40,000 people. Here are some of the areas where the company has invested, according to announcements and sources familiar with its plans. APPLE ASSEMBLYFoxconn plans to make casing components for iPhones at a new Karnataka facility with $350 million in investment that will generate 12,000 jobs. MOBILE COMPONENTSFoxconn has signed a deal on Monday with southern state of Tamil Nadu to invest 16 billion rupees ($194 million) in a new electronic components manufacturing facility that will create 6,000 jobs.

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Persons: Dado Ruvic, Foxconn, Narendra Modi's, Tanvi Mehta, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, APPLE ASSEMBLY, Apple, Reuters, Applied Materials, Vedanta, Thomson Locations: India, China, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, Thailand