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Tata plans new iPhone factory to hasten Apple’s India expansion; Set to employ 50000 workers
10Dec By adminNo Comments
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Tata plans new iPhone factory to hasten Apple’s India expansion; Set to employ 50000 workers

[ad_1] Conglomerate Tata Group plans to build one of India's biggest iPhone assembly plants, tapping Apple Inc.'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 discussing unannounced plans. The goal is for the site to be operational in 12 to 18 months. The plant would bolster Apple's efforts to localize its supply chain and strengthen its partnership with Tata, which already has an iPhone factory it acquired from Wistron Corp. in the neighboring Karnataka state. Apple is diversifying its operations...
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Foxconn ends ‘closed loop’ at iPhone megafactory in China
10Dec By adminNo Comments
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Foxconn ends ‘closed loop’ at iPhone megafactory in China

[ad_1] Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn has ended a months-long "closed loop" system at the world's biggest iPhone factory in central China, citing Beijing's nationwide loosening of zero-Covid regulations. Earlier this week, the Chinese government rolled back most mass testing and lockdown requirements to hasten a return to normal life, significantly relaxing three years of restrictions that have tanked its economy and wearied its population. The Foxconn facility in central Zhengzhou was in effective lockdown for 56 days, with workers only allowed to travel between their dormitories and the factory floor on shuttle buses after cases were discovered in October. In mid-November, violent protests by new recruits erupted over salaries and conditions, with hundreds marching and some clas...
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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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Apple supply chain data shows receding exposure to China
30Nov By adminNo Comments
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Apple supply chain data shows receding exposure to China

[ad_1] Apple Inc's wide exposure to Chinese manufacturing, notable both for its low costs and rising risks, has receded. Apple Inc's wide exposure to Chinese manufacturing, notable both for its low costs and rising risks, has receded since the COVID-19 pandemic began, company supply chain data shows. With the world's biggest iPhone factory, operated in central China by Foxconn, battling production shortfalls and labour unrest spurred largely by Beijing's harsh virus containment policies, analysts expect the risks - and Apple's retreat - to accelerate. A Reuters analysis of Apple's supply chain data shows China's prominence in the company's global manufacturing is declining: In the five years to 2019, China was the primary location of 44% to 47% of its suppliers' production sites,...
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Over 20,000 new hires have left Apple supplier Foxconn’s iPhone plant in China -source
25Nov By adminNo Comments
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Over 20,000 new hires have left Apple supplier Foxconn’s iPhone plant in China -source

[ad_1] More than 20,000 employees, most of them were new hires not yet working on the production line, have left Apple supplier Foxconn's Zhengzhou plant. More than 20,000 employees, most of them were new hires not yet working on the production line, have left Apple supplier Foxconn's Zhengzhou plant in China, a Foxconn source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The person said the departure was set to complicate the company's previous target to resume full production by the end of November, following worker unrest that rocked production of the world's largest iPhone factory. Foxconn unrest risks iPhone shipments, weighs on Apple shares Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China is set to see a further reduction in November shipments after the latest bout of worker u...
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China iPhone factory workers take the money and leave after protests
24Nov By adminNo Comments
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China iPhone factory workers take the money and leave after protests

[ad_1] Employees are leaving a vast Foxconn iPhone factory in central China over working conditions and Covid restrictions, relieved to be taking pay-offs home after angry protests at the Taiwanese tech giant's plant.The workers are leaving the plant in Zhengzhou in the wake of bloody clashes with police, in which more than a dozen protesters were hurt, furious about Foxconn's failure to deliver promised bonuses, employees told AFP. "The contract suddenly changed and everyone was unhappy, in addition the previous incidents at Foxconn made everyone lose trust, so the protests happened," one female worker who wished to remain anonymous told AFP. Foxconn has been desperate to keep operations ticking along at the factory, the world's biggest manufacturer of iPhones, after a handful of Covi...
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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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Shocking social media videos show PROTESTS at Apple iPhone factory in China over lockdown
23Nov By adminNo Comments
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Shocking social media videos show PROTESTS at Apple iPhone factory in China over lockdown

[ad_1] Home Tech News Shocking social media videos show PROTESTS at Apple iPhone factory in China over lockdown Workers are protesting by carrying out a large-scale march at the Foxconn plant in Central China. By: AP | Updated on: Nov 23 2022, 14:09 IST People crossing downed barricades at Foxconn's iPhone plant in Zhengzhou, Central China. (REUTERS) People crossing downed barricades at Foxconn's iPhone plant in Zhengzhou, Central China. (REUTERS) Social media videos show worker protests at world's biggest Apple iPhone factory over pay disputes amid virus lockdown. Follow HT Tech for the latest tech news and reviews , also keep up with us on Twitter, Facebook, Google News, and Instagram. For our latest...
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Covid Surge Tempers Hopes ‘iPhone City’ Lockdown Will Lift Soon
8Nov By adminNo Comments
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Covid Surge Tempers Hopes ‘iPhone City’ Lockdown Will Lift Soon

[ad_1] Covid cases have more than doubled in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, dampening hopes that authorities will lift a lockdown of the area surrounding the world’s largest iPhone factory. (Bloomberg) -- Covid cases have more than doubled in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, dampening hopes that authorities will lift a lockdown of the area surrounding the world's largest iPhone factory. A seven-day lockdown of the Airport Economy Zone, which houses Apple Inc.'s global iPhone production base, expires noon Wednesday. The local government may extend those curbs -- which curtail the flow of everything but essential goods and personnel -- depending on the progress of a local outbreak. Covid cases across the city jumped to 733 as of Monday from 297 the previous day. An ex...
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Apple Trims iPhone 14 Output by 3 Million Units as Demand Cools
8Nov By adminNo Comments
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Apple Trims iPhone 14 Output by 3 Million Units as Demand Cools

[ad_1] Apple Inc. expects to produce at least 3 million fewer iPhone 14 handsets than originally anticipated this year, according to people familiar with its plans. Apple Inc. expects to produce at least 3 million fewer iPhone 14 handsets than originally anticipated this year, according to people familiar with its plans. The company and its suppliers now aim to make 87 million devices or fewer, compared with a target of 90 million units earlier, the people said, asking not to be named discussing private information. The reduction is primarily due to softer demand for the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus models, cheaper alternatives to the high-end Pro offerings. That comes in addition to supply problems in places like Zhengzhou, which is home to the main iPhone assembly site and is under a ...
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