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Shock move! China calls on retired soldiers to help Foxconn iPhone plant -SSN
17Nov By adminNo Comments
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Shock move! China calls on retired soldiers to help Foxconn iPhone plant -SSN

[ad_1] Local authorities in China's Henan province are urging retired soldiers and government workers to take on stints at Foxconn's iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Tuesday. The plant, the world's largest iPhone manufacturing facility, has been hit by discontent over government mandated measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, which required the company to isolate many workers but also prompted many others to flee in recent weeks. The calls to retired workers have come from authorities in cities such as Jiyuan and Kaifeng, who are saying that those who take up the offer will be eligible to receive their current salary plus wages and bonuses from the factory, the publication said in a piece on its official WeChat account. In Jiyuan, for e...
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Apple supplier Foxconn adjusts production to avoid holiday blues
10Nov By adminNo Comments
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Apple supplier Foxconn adjusts production to avoid holiday blues

[ad_1] Apple supplier Foxconn said on Thursday it expected smartphone revenue to fall this quarter and is adjusting production to prevent recent COVID-19 curbs. Apple Inc supplier Foxconn said on Thursday it expected smartphone revenue to fall this quarter and is adjusting production to prevent recent COVID-19 curbs at a massive iPhone factory in China from impacting holiday orders.Foxconn has grabbed headlines in recent weeks, with tight virus restrictions at its Zhengzhou plant, the world's largest iPhone factory, disrupting production and fuelling concerns over the impact of China's virus policy on global supply chains. The plant in China's industrial hub employs about 200,000 people. Speaking on an earnings call, Chairman Liu Young-way said the Christmas and Lunar New Year holiday...
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Foxconn working ‘at fastest speed’ to restore vast China plant
10Nov By adminNo Comments
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Foxconn working ‘at fastest speed’ to restore vast China plant

[ad_1] Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn said it was working quickly to resume full production at its giant factory in central China before the crucial holiday season. Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn, a principal Apple subcontractor, said Thursday it was working quickly to resume full production at its giant factory in central China before the crucial holiday season. Foxconn, also known by its official name Hon Hai Precision Industry, is the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer assembling gadgets for many international brands. Most of its factories are in China, particularly the eastern city of Zhengzhou where lockdowns were imposed last month, in line with Beijing's zero-Covid policy, after a spike in infections. The huge facility of some 200,000 workers -- dubbed "iPhone...
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iPhone SOS! Foxconn Seen Risking 20% Sales Drop in Worst-Case Covid Shutout
8Nov By adminNo Comments
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iPhone SOS! Foxconn Seen Risking 20% Sales Drop in Worst-Case Covid Shutout

[ad_1] Morgan Stanley analysts have put a value on how much revenue is at risk for Foxconn Technology Group if its Zhengzhou operation is unable to ship any iPhones. Morgan Stanley analysts have put a value on how much revenue is at risk for Foxconn Technology Group if its Zhengzhou operation is unable to ship any iPhones for the rest of the year as it battles a coronavirus outbreak. Though deemed unlikely, the worst-case scenario for Foxconn's main listed unit, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., would result in a 20% shortfall in expected sales for the current quarter, analysts led by Sharon Shih wrote in a research note Nov. 7. That would also entail a 36% drop in revenue from production of Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturer best known for being Apple's key d...
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Five things to know about Taiwan tech giant Foxconn
2Nov By adminNo Comments
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Five things to know about Taiwan tech giant Foxconn

[ad_1] China has imposed a strict lockdown on an area of central China housing a vast iPhone factory operated by Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn. The company, also known as Hon Hai Technology Group, is the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, including producing 70 percent of all iPhone shipments globally. The firm is also one of the world's biggest employers, with nearly 1.3 million working in factories mostly in China but also across Asia, eastern Europe, Latin America and the United States. Here are five things to know about the tech behemoth, the latest victim of China's no-compromise zero-Covid strategy: - Maverick founder - Terry Gou, once Taiwan's richest man (he ranked 6th this year), started his business in 1974 making television parts. And the rise of ...
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