富士康意欲印度製造蘋果,正積極尋址
MUMBAI: Foxconn Technology is in talks to manufacture Apple'siPhone in India, government officials said, in a Move that could lower pricesin the world's No.3 smartphone market where the US firm trails SamsungElectronics and local players.
孟買：富士康科技集團正談判要在印度生產蘋果手機，政府官員稱，作爲世界第三大智能手機市場，此舉將降低印度手機的價格。此前印度市場已經有了本土手機企業和三星電子公司，現在蘋果公司也開始要在印度製造手機了。
India could help Foxconn mitigate accelerating wage inflation in China, whereit makes the majority of iP hones, and base production sites closer to marketswhere its key clients want to grow.
印度可以幫助富士康公司緩和中國工資的上漲，富士康主要在中國製造手機，而旦將生產基地設置在印度也適合其最大客戶蘋果公司的需要。Lower production costs could also help Foxconn keep hold of Apple orders amidintensifying competition wi th nimble manufacturing rivals such as QuantaComputer Inc.
更低的生產成本也能有助於富士康蘋果公司的訂單，因爲類似廣達電腦公司這祥的公司對富士康公司造成了巨大的競爭壓力。
"Foxconn is sending a delegation of their officers to scout for locations ina month's time,. Subhash Des ai. Industries Minister of Maharashtra, told Reuters.
富士康將在一個月時間內派遣工作人員前往印度選址,"馬哈拉施特拉邦 (印度西部邦)工業部長Subhash Desai如是說。Foxconn has said it is aiming to develop 10-12 facilities in India, includingfactories and data centres, by 2020, but had given no detail.
富士康說其目標是2020年前在印度建立10-12個設施，包括工廠和數據中心，但是沒有給出更多詳細信息。The Taiwan-based tech giant, the world's largest contract maker of electronicproducts, declined to comment on detailed plans on Thursday, citing commercialsensitivity.
這家臺灣巨頭是世界上最大的電子產品合同製造商，該公司稱出於商業敏感性，所以拒絕說明細節計劃。Desai said Foxconn had yet to make any firm commitment, but he said the groupwas looking to manufacti iPhones, iPads and iPods, both for domestic as wellas global sales.
Desai說富士康公司還沒有做出任何堅定的承諾,但是他說該公司打算在印度製造iPhones, iPads和iPods，用於國內銷售和全球銷售。Apple representatives in India did not respond to a request for comment onThursday.
蘋果在印度的代表並沒有對此做出迴應。Apple's iPhone 6 with 16 GB sells for around 44,000 rupees($687.82) in India, versus Samsung's Galaxy S6 with 32 GB which sells foraround 40,000 rupees ($625.29).
在印度，16GB的蘋果6售價44000盧比（687.82美元),而三星的32GBGalaxy S6售價40000盧比（625.29美元)。It has 10 per cent market share in India, trailing Samsung and localmanufacturers such as Micromax, which dominate the market, according toCounterpoint Research Market Monitor.
根據CounterpointResearch Market Monitor調查機構的數據，蘋果公司在印度擁有10%的市場份額，排在三星和當地製造商之後，比如印度的Micromax公司主宰着印度市場。
