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This is really big deal IMO, but perhaps for a reason not directly mentioned in the article and for which you have to realize something about India. Progress in
by neosat 6y ago
This is really big deal IMO, but perhaps for a reason not directly mentioned in the article and for which you have to realize something about India. Progress in India is usually quite slow (and far slower if you compare to places like US or China). But once there is one shining example, then (partly because of the competition, partly because of the numbers of people) the momentum is strong and only gets larger.
This is potentially one of those events and has the potential to catalyze high end devices manufacturing in India leading to other second order effects of expertise in other hardware manufacturing. Looking forward to the innovation and confidence this unlocks.
- missedthecue 6y agoThe adage in India is that if you want to set up shop in china they roll out the red carpet. If you want to set up shop in India, they roll out the red tape.
- tyre 6y agowhy do you think this is? The Jio piece posted here a few days ago (stratechery, I think) made a point of Indian national pride, control, and home-grown expertise playing a large role. Is that the case with new businesses generally?
- unmole 6y ago> why do you think this is? Because the fundamental nature of Indian politicians is socialist and statist.
- dartharva 6y ago> Because the fundamental nature of Indian politicians is socialist and statist. That seems to have changed significantly now, after all a right-wing party has been in power since 2014. It seems to fit well with a lot of the private sector, and it did open up many entrepreneurship schemes too.
- econcon 6y ago>why do you think this is? Vodafone knows something about this.
- 4silvertooth 6y agoMaybe because the history it has, once there was a company the East India Company, and it took them generations to get them out.
- iamok 6y agoI have only one question: how much pollution these factory will bring to India? Look at China, these kind of factories made a huge negative impact to the environment.
- wyxuan 6y agoDepends on the factory type and who is running it. Considering that it’s run by Foxconn, who have significant experience in production and a reputation, i doubt there’s going to be much. Also, as a phone assembly facility, it doesn’t make the same environmental damage that a coal fired power plant, or a steel manufacturing plant might have.
- econcon 6y ago>I have only one question: how much pollution these factory will bring to India? Largest Indian imports is petroleum and also India has largest petroleum refinieries, removing them will he help pollution. India should focus on renewables and nuclear power and ban petroleum products before going after Chinese electronics. But I think they'll not do it because it will hurt oil companies which are biggest benefactors of political parties.
- econcon 6y ago>But once there is one shining example, then (partly because of the competition, partly because of the numbers of people) the momentum is strong and only gets larger. IT outsourcing giants are now obsolete - thanks to American recovery in software through cloud computing platform companies like AWS. >This is potentially one of those events and has the potential to catalyze high end devices manufacturing in India leading to other second order effects of expertise in other hardware manufacturing I don't think it will change much. All high level process engineers will be Chinese in foxcons new plant. Workers will learn a few process but foxconn factories usually have very high level of automation. I don't expect much technology transfer in this.
- f00zz 6y ago> I don't expect much technology transfer in this. Well, Foxconn itself started as a backyard operation making injected plastic parts, so who knows.