A factory supplying iPhone parts in India won’t be shut down after all. The plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu was under investigation by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) since December 2025, after farmers near the facility complained about factory wastewater contaminating their land and wells. The TNPCB warned of a possible forced shutdown of the facility.
The factory is owned by Indian conglomerate Tata and manufactures iPhone backplates. Given Apple’s recent drive to reduce its reliance on Chinese manufacturing, a quarter of iPhones sold worldwide are now made in India, with a burgeoning parts supply ecosystem also in place. This plant is part of that.
Tata says it addressed all contamination concerns and the Tamil Nadu factory is no longer under investigation by the TNPCB. Tata was reportedly made aware of the contamination on December 23 of last year. Now, it says it conducted an independent sample analysis, which indicated it was in full compliance with the regulations, with all parameters being within the prescribed limits.