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CTOnews.com, May 22 (Xinhua)-- Wistron, the first company to produce iPhone in India, recently pulled out of Apple's contract manufacturing business in India, saying that Apple's tough price negotiations prevented the company from making a profit, according to Indiatimes.

Witronix is the first company to produce the iPhone in India and has made models such as the iPhone SE for Apple. Later, Foxconn and Pegatron also set up their own iPhone plants in India and began to produce the latest flagship models. It is reported that India will produce 1/4 of iPhone by 2025, and that proportion will rise to half by 2027.

However, Weitron chose to withdraw from the market. Indiatimes quoted employees and industry insiders as saying that Willon was already selling its iPhone assembly plant near Bangalore and planned to shift its focus to other businesses.

"Wittronic's Apple business in India is not making money. It is trying to negotiate higher profit margins with Apple, but because it is much smaller than Foxconn and Pegatron in the global market, it has no corresponding influence." Said a person familiar with the matter.

Willon's Apple business in India has also run into trouble. In 2020, riots broke out at the company's Bangalore plant after workers complained that wages were underpaid. This led to millions of dollars in losses and led to investigations by the Indian government and Apple. The survey results show that Willon does have serious labor law violations, including arrears of workers' wages. Apple then suspended its cooperation with Wistron and listed it as an object of observation.

Although Willon is the first company to produce iPhone in India, it is also the smallest of the three contract factories. This limits its potential impact on Apple's plans to expand iPhone production in India. In addition, it is reported that Willon's two original iPhone plants have been acquired by Luxshare and won a contract to produce iPhone flagship models from the very beginning.

In addition, it is reported today that the Tata Group is buying a third iPhone plant in Willon and is currently preparing for the assembly of the iPhone 15. Although the deal is not over, Tata executives are already in key positions. However, it is reported that there are difficulties in recruiting and supervising workers due to the introduction of management from China and failure to adapt to the local work culture. Local managers are also difficult to recruit because the factory is about 25 miles from the city, with poor roads, heavy traffic and inconvenient commuting.

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