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iPhone City Is Back at 90% Capacity After Covid Turmoil Subsides
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iPhone City Is Back at 90% Capacity After Covid Turmoil Subsides

[ad_1] Foxconn Technology Group has brought the world’s largest iPhone plant to about 90% of anticipated peak capacity. Foxconn Technology Group has brought the world's largest iPhone plant to about 90% of anticipated peak capacity, suggesting Apple Inc.'s biggest main production partner has secured enough workers despite a Covid resurgence and recent staff upheaval. Foxconn's plant in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou is now operating with roughly 200,000 staff, the official Henan Daily reported, citing Foxconn executive Vic Wang. That is about the normal staffing level, based on previous reports. As of Dec. 30, the plant was shipping at 90% of the peak capacity forecast at the start of last year, the representative said. The factory's speedy bounce-back bodes well for produ...
Violence at China iPhone plant as FURIOUS workers smash spy cameras
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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....