突发事故，塔塔电子iPhone喷漆车间发生火灾，金属加工件工厂停工

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9月28日凌晨 5 点30 分左右，工厂的手机配件喷漆车间开始起火，10时左右扑灭。

 

印度媒体报道称，9月28日周六上午，塔塔电子位于泰米尔纳德邦克里希纳吉里的 iPhone 工厂发生大火。凌晨 5 点 30 分左右，工厂的手机配件喷漆车间开始起火。据称起火时，整个工厂约有 1500 名工人在上班。火灾当天10时左右已经完全扑灭，并对挥发性物质进行了管控，没有烟雾继续产生。

泰米尔纳德邦一名官员在9 月 29 日表示，火灾造成两名现场员工呼吸困难并送医，已经确诊没有大碍，身体正常恢复，会迅速出院。同时印度当局将开始对前一天塔塔电子的火灾的原因进行调查。

由于是假期，塔塔电子和苹果都没有回应置评请求，不过塔塔电子在火灾发生后表示它正在调查原因，并将采取措施保护员工和其他利益相关者。

这家火灾事故的工厂临近塔塔电子为苹果组装成品手机正在扩产的工厂，目前专门为iPhone手机生产中框和金属件的CNC加工工厂。

这家火灾事故的工厂临近塔塔电子为苹果组装成品手机正在扩产的工厂，目前专门为iPhone手机生产中框和金属件的CNC加工工厂。

在手机制造过程中，金属件加工工厂发生事故十分正常，早年中国内地企业在生产过程中，也曾出现过类似的事故，包括金属粉尘爆炸、设备机械事故造成的肢体残疾、喷漆部门火灾化学药品泄漏等。中国内地在承接全球制造业转移过程中，也同样因为生产安全事故，产生过很多伤亡和职业病害，给员工和社会环境带来过沉重的负担。

虽然塔塔集团没有给出这家工厂的复工日期，但塔塔集团有着丰富的金属加工与化学品生产与管理的经验，这次火灾对公司运营以及苹果的业务影响应该可控。

塔塔集团是印度最大、最受尊敬的企业集团之一，其历史可追溯到 1868 年。该集团由贾姆谢特吉·塔塔创立，总部位于孟买，业务遍及六大洲的 100 多个国家。塔塔的业务范围广泛，涉及钢铁、汽车、信息技术、电信、电力、化工、酒店和消费品等行业。

目前塔塔电子和印度富士康正在执行苹果要求扩产一倍产能的建设施工，苹果希望今年底苹果手机的印度产能能达到20%以上，明年2025年能达到30%的第一阶段目标。为止两家公司都在印度新建工厂与生产线。

此外富士康近日还宣布继续在印度投资10亿美元生产手机显示屏模组，以应对三星集团放弃在印度新建手机显示屏模组，把产能放在越南所带来的产能供应不足。富士康表示这家模组工厂建成后，将同时为富士康和塔塔提供手机显示屏模组配套产能。

三星在本月初终止了显示屏模组项目在印度和越南之间的摇摆，把总规模约30亿美元的投资放在了离三星手机生产基地的越南北宁省，这个基地离三星另一个手机生产重心工厂太原工厂也十分接近。

由于中美双方对贸易利益的诉求不同，以及疫情导致的供应链停摆，目前欧美市场开始对过度依赖中国大陆、甚至整个大中华地区的制造产能更加谨慎，部分客户已经明确要求相关供应链企业把制造产能转移到第三方市场生产以规避相关风险。

其中印度除了希望提升制造业水平来满足自己本土庞大人口基数的需求外，也有意寻求成为全球供应链制造产能的外包方，并鼓励如塔塔集团这样的资本对社会改革与工业振兴付出更多的责任。同时印度政府也力求能够在承接产业转移过程中，成为全球供应链中的一环，满足全球市场需求。

而以越南为代表的东盟市场，则由于GDP总量的不足，在承接制造业转移过程中，基本上处于外来加工与转口贸易的地位，并没有本土资本的强力介入，因此投资环境更加透明与宽松，没有印度市场需要与本土企业竞争的压力。

A fire broke out in Tata Electronics' iPhone paint shop, and the metalworking parts factory was shut down

India media reported a fire at Tata Electronics' iPhone factory in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, on Saturday morning. At around 5:30 a.m., a fire broke out in the factory's mobile phone accessories paint shop. About 1,500 workers were allegedly at work throughout the plant at the time of the fire. The fire was completely extinguished on the same day, and the volatile substances were controlled, and no smoke continued to be generated.

A Tamil Nadu official said on September 29 that the fire caused two on-site employees to have difficulty breathing and were taken to hospital, and that they had been diagnosed with no major problems and were recovering normally and would be discharged quickly. At the same time, India authorities will begin an investigation into the cause of the fire in Tata Electronics the day before.

Neither Tata nor Apple responded to requests for comment because of the holiday, though Tata said after the fire was investigating the cause and would take steps to protect employees and other stakeholders.

The fire-damaged plant is close to Tata Electronics' factory where production of finished iPhones is being expanded, and it is now a CNC machining plant that specializes in the production of frames and metal parts for iPhones.

In the process of mobile phone manufacturing, accidents in metal parts processing factories are very normal, and in the early years, Chinese mainland enterprises also had similar accidents in the production process, including metal dust explosions, paint department fires, chemical leaks, etc. In the process of undertaking the transfer of global manufacturing, Chinese mainland has also suffered many casualties and occupational diseases due to production safety accidents, which has brought a heavy burden to employees and the social environment.

Although the Tata Group did not give a date for the resumption of the plant, the Tata Group has extensive experience in metalworking and chemical production and management, and the impact of the fire on the company's operations and Apple's business should be manageable.

The Tata Group is one of the largest and most respected conglomerates in India, with a history dating back to 1868. Founded by Jamshetji · Tata and headquartered in Mumbai, the group operates in more than 100 countries across six continents. Tata operates in a wide range of industries including steel, automotive, information technology, telecommunications, power, chemicals, hospitality and consumer goods.

At present, Tata Electronics and Foxconn India are implementing the construction of Apple's request to double production capacity, and Apple hopes to reach more than 20% of Apple's mobile phone production capacity in India by the end of this year, and 30% of the first phase target next year in 2025. So far, both companies have built new factories and production lines in India.

In addition, Foxconn recently announced that it will continue to invest $1 billion in India to produce mobile phone display modules in response to the lack of capacity supply caused by Samsung Group's abandonment of new mobile phone display modules in India and the production capacity in Viet Nam. Foxconn said that after the completion of this module factory, it will provide Foxconn and Tata with supporting production capacity for mobile phone display modules.

Earlier this month, Samsung terminated the oscillation of its display module program between India and Viet Nam, placing a total investment of about $3 billion in Bac Ninh province in Viet Nam, which is also close to Samsung's other mobile phone production center factory, the Taiyuan plant.

Due to the different demands of China and the United States on trade interests and the supply chain shutdown caused by the epidemic, the European and American markets have begun to be more cautious about over-reliance on manufacturing capacity in Chinese mainland and even the entire Greater China region, and some customers have explicitly asked relevant supply chain companies to transfer manufacturing capacity to third-party markets to avoid related risks.

In addition to upgrading its manufacturing industry to meet the needs of its large population, India also intends to seek to become an outsourcer of manufacturing capacity in the global supply chain, and encourage capital such as the Tata Group to take more responsibility for social reform and industrial revitalization. At the same time, the India government also strives to become a link in the global supply chain in the process of undertaking industrial transfer to meet the global market demand.

The ASEAN market, represented by Viet Nam, is basically in the position of foreign processing and entrepot trade in the process of undertaking the transfer of manufacturing industry due to the lack of total GDP, and there is no strong intervention of local capital, so the investment environment is more transparent and relaxed, and there is no pressure on the India market to compete with local enterprises.