scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicWistron

Topic: Wistron

Tatas close to taking over Apple supplier factory, to become 1st Indian iPhone maker, says report

A Bloomberg report says India’s largest conglomerate is in talks to acquire the Karnataka factory of Wistron Corp.

Karnataka says Wistron can reopen iPhone unit but will have to follow hiring rules set by govt

Wistron will resume operations by 20 February two months after violent protests rocked the company’s iPhone facility in Kolar over pending salaries.

Apple partner Wistron to restart Karnataka iPhone factory 2 months after violent protests

Apple had suspended new orders to Wistron in December after workers, hired on a monthly pay of $200 (RUPEES), stormed the factory and rioted over unpaid salaries.

India’s Adelaide Test loss underlines chaos in selections, poor planning, arrogant leadership

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Hiring more than it could handle – what went wrong at Wistron’s India iPhone plant

Rapid expansion stretched Wistron's systems & sapped bandwidth of its management team. Its HR team of 3 people couldn’t cope with workers’ grievances.

Wistron iPhone plant violence ‘unfortunate but not norm’, we’ll get more investment — Modi govt

In an interview to ThePrint, Mohapatra said Modi govt has been in constant talks with Karnataka and has asked it to ensure normalcy is restored at the earliest.

At Wistron iPhone plant, families search for ‘missing’ men, accuse contractors of cheating

Relatives of people arrested for 'vandalising' Wistron factory in Kolar say some hadn't even joined work yet. Many call for arrest of contractors first.

Will ensure justice for Wistron, says top industry body after Karnataka iPhone plant violence

India Cellular and Electronics Association writes to Wistron, says it is committed to working closely with central & state govts to ensure such an incident doesn’t recur.

Govt right to track adverse reactions to Covid vaccines. It’s crucial to instil confidence

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Trouble at Wistron India plant won’t hurt iPhone output but could hit Apple’s ties with firm

Apple has long had its iPhones made in China by contractors such as Wistron, but political tensions between China & US have raised the risks of dependence on a single production base.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.