Saturday, October 17
Tata Electronics has started assembling iPhone models including iPhone 16 and iPhone 16e at its Hosur facility, a move that may help it emerge as a mainstream smartphone supply chain player — an area dominated by Taiwanese firms like Foxconn, experts said. The electronics arm of the Tata Group has opened a new unit at the facility to begin mobile phone assembly, people aware of the developments told ET. So far, the company has been making enclosures for the iPhone at Hosur. "Earlier, Tata Electronics was doing assembly at their Wistron facility in Karnataka," one of the sources said. "A few months back, they started assembly at a new plant at their Hosur campus where they launched around two lines and are looking to ramp it up to at least four more lines in some time." Each line, this pe
India's ambitious plan to achieve 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047 may include up to 5 GW of fast breeder reactors (FBRs), people close to the development said.The move signifies India's entry and expansion into the second stage of its nuclear energy programme. Currently, only Russia has commercially operating FBRs.The contours of 100 GW of nuclear power target by 2047 are in final stages of deliberation, one of the persons said.The country's first 500 MW prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) is being developed by state-owned Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd (BHAVINI). 'Core loading' or loading of nuclear fuel assemblies into the reactor core at the indigenous PFBR at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu was initiated last year in March. The unit is expected to be commissioned in the ongoin
