Page 17 - Foxconn

Letter from Foxconn founder pushed China to ease Covid restrictions: Report

The letter from Foxconn's founder Terry Gou was sent a month ago when the Apple supplier's factory in Zhengzhou was rocked by protests

Apple supplier Foxconn invests $500 mn in India amid disruptions: Report

Amid supply chain disruptions at its key China iPhone plant, Apple supplier Foxconn is investing another $500 million in India, the media reported on Thursday

Foxconn reports drop in sales after China iPhone plant disruption

Since the outbreak of the epidemic in October, the company has been in close contact and cooperation with the local government

Foxconn sees Covid-hit China plant back at full output in Dec-Jan: Report

Analysts say Foxconn assembles around 70% of iPhones, and the Zhengzhou plant produces the majority of its premium models including iPhone 14 Pro

Apple to soon overtake Samsung as India's top smartphone exporter: Report

From a minuscule share in India's phone exports a year ago, Apple's share has risen to $2.2 billion during April and October

Foxconn offers more bonuses to win back protesting staff in iPhone city

Foxconn Technology Group is offering workers who left the Zhengzhou complex between Oct. 1 and Nov. 10 an extra 30 yuan ($4.20) an hour on top of their regular wages through December and January

iPhone 14 Pro wait times hit new peak after disruptions at China factory

Customers buying Apple's most premium devices in the US this year can now expect to wait as long as 37 days, according to Counterpoint Research

China's Covid zero strategy: Xi holds few cards to end historic protests

Beijing says it won't set up gates to block access to Covid-hit compounds anymore

Foxconn offers up to $1,800 bonus to workers to stay in China's iPhone city

Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., will top up wages by as much as 13,000 yuan per month in December and January for full-time workers

Over 20,000 new hires leave Apple supplier Foxconn's China plant: Report

The worker departures come after the Taiwanese firm offered 10,000 yuan ($1,396) to employees who wanted to resign and leave the chaos-hit plant

Top Headlines: Air travel recovery stalls, India's iPhone exports & more

The post-Covid recovery in air travel in India has stalled, putting a question mark over the stretched finances of airlines

Apple supplier Foxconn apologises, offers new hires $1,400 to quit

'We apologize for an input error in the computer system and guarantee that the actual pay is the same as agreed and in the official recruitment posters'

Violent clashes in China likely to boost India's iPhone exports

India could account for up to 20% of Apple's global production capacity by FY26

Foxconn apologises for pay dispute at China factory in Zhengzhou

The company that assembles Apple Inc.'s iPhones apologised on Thursday for what it said was a technical error that led to protests by employees over payment of wages offered to attract them to a factory that is under anti-virus restrictions. Protests erupted on Tuesday in the central city of Zhengzhou after employees complained Foxconn Technology Group required they do extra work to receive the higher pay promised by recruiters. Foxconn is trying to rebuild its workforce after thousands of employees walked out last month over complaints about unsafe conditions. Videos on social media showed police in white protective suits kicking and clubbing protesting workers. Foxconn, the biggest contract assembler of smartphones and other electronics for Apple and other global brands, blamed the dispute on a technical error in the process of adding new employees. It promised they would receive the wages they were promised. "We apologise for an input error in the computer system and guarantee

Foxconn offers staff $1,400 to leave after protests in China's iPhone city

Apple Inc.'s main global production partner said in an online notice the sum, to be paid out in two installments, will help smooth the journey home for employees

Protesting workers beaten over pay dispute at Chinese iPhone factory

Police beat workers protesting over a pay dispute at the biggest factory for Apple's iPhone, whose new model is delayed by controls imposed as China tries to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases. Foxconn, the biggest contract assembler of smartphones and other electronics, is struggling to fill orders for the iPhone 14 after thousands of employees walked away from the factory in the central city of Zhengzhou last month following complaints about unsafe working conditions. China's status as an export powerhouse is based on factories such as Foxconn's that assemble the world's consumer electronics, toys and other goods. The ruling Communist Party is trying to contain the latest wave of outbreaks without shutting down factories and the rest of its economy as it did in early 2020. Its tactics include closed-loop management, under which workers live in their factories with no outside contact. Foxconn offered higher pay to attract more workers to the Zhengzhou factory to assemble the iPhone

China's iPhone city locks down urban areas as Covid-19 cases rise

The new restrictions were announced after hundreds of workers at Apple's main iPhone-making plant in Zhengzhou streamed out of dormitories earlier in the day

Violent protests erupt at Apple's biggest iPhone-making plant in China

Hundreds of workers at Apple's main Foxconn plant in China clashed with security personnel, as tensions boiled over after almost a month under tough restrictions intended to quash a Covid outbreak

Foxconn freezes hiring sighting four-day quarantine space shortage

Apple iPhone supplier Foxconn has paused its hiring because of four-day quarantine space shortage.

Karnataka may get India's first semiconductor fab facility: Report

The International Semiconductor Consortium's (ISMC)-proposed $3 billion fab may start construction as early as February 2023