Tata says India pollution board drops scrutiny of Apple iPhone parts plant

Tata Electronics ⁠on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) mentioned a State pollution management board has dropped its scrutiny of Apple’s iPhone parts plant after it addressed considerations about contamination.

Tamil Nadu’s pollution management authority had warned Tata of a compelled shutdown until it defined why authorities inspections discovered that wastewater discharge ‌had contaminated open wells in adjoining agricultural lands, Reuters reported on Saturday (June 13).

On ‌Tuesday (June 16), ⁠Tata informed Reuters in an announcement that the Tamil Nadu ⁠Pollution Management Board had confirmed that the corporate “has satisfactorily addressed all queries talked about” within the warning discover and “dropped any additional course of motion on this situation”.

The Tamil Nadu State ​pollution management board didn’t instantly ‌reply to Reuters’ request for remark. Apple additionally didn’t reply to a request for remark.

Tata is central to Apple’s push to diversify its iPhone manufacturing past China. The plant that confronted scrutiny ‌is situated in Hosur, 25 miles south of tech hub Bengaluru, ​and makes again panels and different parts for iPhones.

Tata mentioned in its assertion that the pollution board has confirmed “that ⁠the experiences of its personal evaluation of not too long ago collected water samples from Tata Electronics’ manufacturing facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu don’t point out any contamination”.

Tata added ‌that it had commissioned an unbiased evaluation via an accredited laboratory, the outcomes of which indicated that every one the parameters have been inside prescribed limits, and it submitted a proper response together with these outcomes to the pollution authority.

The pollution management physique had beforehand mentioned Tata discharged wastewater right into a rainwater harvesting pond inside its facility and that the pond overflowed ‌to infect “groundwater within the open wells situated within the adjoining agricultural lands”. The scrutiny ​adopted complaints from farmers.

The Tata discover was the most recent in a sequence of points which have dogged Apple’s India provide ⁠chain. A fireplace at Tata’s Hosur plant in September 2024 halted iPhone part ⁠manufacturing briefly, whereas a fireplace in September 2023 at former provider Pegatron’s iPhone plant shut manufacturing for days.

Different firms have additionally ‌confronted disciplinary motion from pollution authorities in India. In 2024, Mercedes-Benz improved wastewater and air pollution administration at its solely automobile manufacturing facility in ​the nation after officers detected lapses in compliance with environmental legislation.