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

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The entrance to the Tata Electronics components factory for Apple's iPhone in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. | Photo Credit: Reuters

Tata Electronics ⁠on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) said a State pollution control board has dropped its scrutiny of Apple’s iPhone components plant after it addressed concerns about contamination.

Tamil Nadu’s pollution control authority had warned Tata of a forced shutdown unless it explained why government inspections found that wastewater discharge ‌had contaminated open wells in adjacent agricultural lands, Reuters reported on Saturday (June 13).

On ‌Tuesday (June 16), ⁠Tata told Reuters in a statement that the Tamil Nadu ⁠Pollution Control Board had confirmed that the company "has satisfactorily addressed all queries mentioned" in the warning notice and "dropped any further course of action on this issue".

Tata is central to Apple's push to diversify its iPhone production beyond China. The plant that faced scrutiny ‌is located in Hosur, 25 miles south of tech hub Bengaluru, ​and makes back panels and other components for iPhones.

Tata said in its statement that the pollution board has confirmed "that ⁠the reports of its own analysis of recently collected water samples from Tata Electronics’ manufacturing facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu do not indicate any contamination".

Tata added ‌that it had commissioned an independent analysis through an accredited laboratory, the results of which indicated that all the parameters were within prescribed limits, and it submitted a formal response including those results to the pollution authority.

The pollution control body had previously said Tata discharged wastewater into a rainwater harvesting pond inside its facility and that the pond overflowed ‌to contaminate "groundwater in the open wells located in the adjacent agricultural lands". The scrutiny ​followed complaints from farmers.

The Tata notice was the latest in a series of issues that have dogged Apple's India supply ⁠chain. A fire at Tata's Hosur plant in Sep