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iPhone City Maintains Plant Curbs as China Tweaks Covid Approach
1Dec By adminNo Comments
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iPhone City Maintains Plant Curbs as China Tweaks Covid Approach

[ad_1] iPhone assembly plant remains in a closed-loop operation that curtails workers’ movement on campus, potentially complicating the effort to resume full production. Apple Inc.'s most important iPhone assembly plant remains in a closed-loop operation that curtails workers' movement on campus, potentially complicating the effort to resume full production. Foxconn Technology Group is sticking with measures adopted weeks ago limiting staff movements in order to handle a Covid outbreak, according to a person familiar with operations, who asked not to be named as the information is not public. The closed-loop approach restricts workers to their dorms or the factory floor, minimizing the number of other people they come into contact with in hopes of containing the spread of the virus...
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China Adjusts Covid Restrictions in City With IPhone Plant
30Nov By adminNo Comments
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China Adjusts Covid Restrictions in City With IPhone Plant

[ad_1] The Chinese city of Zhengzhou shuttered hundreds of buildings and apartment blocks hours after lifting broader lockdown measures. The Chinese city of Zhengzhou shuttered hundreds of buildings and apartment blocks hours after lifting broader lockdown measures, as officials strive to make their Covid controls more targeted in line with Beijing's directives. The city, home to Apple Inc.'s largest manufacturing site in China, said late Tuesday that it was lifting a lockdown of its main urban areas put in place five days ago as Covid cases climbed. Authorities then issued a lengthy list of buildings that would be declared high risk spanning the greater Zhengzhou region, which means they will continue to be subject to lockdown-style curbs.  The shift comes after China's top health of...
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iPhone Crisis! Foxconn’s woes to take bigger toll on giant China plant
25Nov By adminNo Comments
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iPhone Crisis! Foxconn’s woes to take bigger toll on giant China plant

[ad_1] Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China is set to see its November shipments further reduced. Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China is set to see its November shipments further reduced by the latest bout of worker unrest this week, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday, as thousands of employees left the site.The company could now see more than 30% of the site's November production affected, up from an internal estimate of up to 30% when the factory's worker troubles started in late October, the source said. The site, which is the only factory where Foxconn makes premium iPhone models, including the iPhone 14 Pro, is unlikely to resume full production by the end of this month, the source added. The world's largest Apple iPhone factory has been grapplin...
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China widens COVID curbs, Apple factory unrest adds to economy worries
23Nov By adminNo Comments
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China widens COVID curbs, Apple factory unrest adds to economy worries

[ad_1] Chinese authorities imposed more restrictions on Wednesday to rein in a rapid rise in COVID-19 infections, adding to investors' worries about the economy. Chinese authorities imposed more restrictions on Wednesday to rein in a rapid rise in COVID-19 infections, adding to investors' worries about the economy just as fresh unrest at the world's largest iPhone factory highlighted the social and financial toll of these curbs.Across China, cities including the capital Beijing and financial hub Shanghai have closed malls and parks, and imposed limits on the movement of people arriving from elsewhere as infections neared record highs last seen in April. The measures are darkening the outlook for the world's second-largest economy and dampening hopes that China would significantly ease...
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Violence at China iPhone plant as FURIOUS workers smash spy cameras
23Nov By adminNo Comments
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Violence at China iPhone plant as FURIOUS workers smash spy cameras

[ad_1] In shocking scenes of violence, men wielding sticks smashed surveillance cameras and windows at an Apple iPhone supplier Foxconn plant in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. In shocking scenes of violence, men wielding sticks smashed surveillance cameras and windows at an Apple iPhone supplier Foxconn plant in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou.  Scenes broadcast live on the Kuaishou short video platform showed on Wednesday.Hundreds of workers protested at the campus, home to the world's largest iPhone factory, where many chanted "give us our pay". They were surrounded by people in full hazmat suits, some carrying batons. The images, which could not immediately be verified by Reuters, come after weeks of turmoil which have seen scores of employees flee the factory over COVID-19 controls....
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