Tata Said to Plan iPhone Factory in This State, to Be Biggest in India

Conglomerate Tata Group plans to build one of India’s biggest iPhone assembly plants, tapping Apple’s ambitions to increase manufacturing in the South Asian country.

Tata wants to construct the factory in Hosur in the southern Tamil Nadu state, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The facility will likely have about 20 assembly lines and employ 50,000 workers within two years, according to the people, who declined to be named…