Massive Foxconn iPhone factory in China shaken by new labour unrest
At the Foxconn (2317.TW) flagship iPhone factory in China, hundreds of workers participated in protests, with some individuals breaking windows and security cameras, according to a video posted on social media.The increasingly violent protests at the enormous factory in Zhengzhou city have come to represent a dangerous accumulation of resentment toward the nation’s extremely strict…
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Workers at Foxconn’s massive Chinese iPhone manufacturing leave out of fear of COVID
With 200,000 other employees, Yuan endured days of lock-in at the massive Foxconn site in central China. On Saturday night, Yuan managed to scale the walls and leave the building, joining others who were also escaping what they believed to be an expanding COVID outbreak. Every step he took furthered him from the Foxconn (2317.TW)…
More stable supply chain, predicted by Foxconn
Taiwan’s Foxconn said that the second half of the year is heading in a better direction. This is because of the release in the lockdown in Shanghai. Foxconn chairman Liu Young-way told that they are quite confident in the stability of their supply chain for the second half of this year. They are aiming to…
Foxconn halts Shenzhen operations
Major Apple Inc supplier and iPhone assembler Foxconn said that it has suspended operations in the Chinese city of Shenzhen to comply with the local government’s pandemic control policies. The southern tech hub of Shenzhen has tightened its restrictions after it reported 60 new local cases with confirmed symptoms. Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry…
SoftBank shrinks robotics business, stops Pepper production
SoftBank Group Corp is slashing jobs at its global robotics business. It has stopped producing its Pepper robot, as the conglomerate downgrades its industry ambitions. Production of the humanoid Pepper, touted as the first robot with “a heart”, was stopped last year. It would be costly to restart production, according to the sources. Foxconn in…