Major Apple assembler Foxconn has hired around 50,000 new workers in “iPhone City,” its Zhengzhou factory in China, local media including…
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Apple assembler Foxconn ramps up ‘iPhone City’ hiring in China ahead of iPhone 15
According to local reports and labor agents, Apple assembler Foxconn, which operates the world’s largest iPhone factory in the…
Apple assembler Foxconn ups pay and bonuses at world’s largest iPhone factory
Apple assembler Foxconn as raised pay rates and bonus packages for new recruits working at the world’s largest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou…
Major Apple assembler Foxconn ramps up investment outside China
Foxconn, which assembles around 70% of Apple’s iPhones, has been diversifying production away from CCP-controlled China, whose…
Apple supplier Goertek says VP exiting just days after he sounded alarm on communist China supply chain exodus
One of Apple’s largest acoustic products suppliers, Goertek, on Wednesday said its vice-president Kazuyoshi Yoshinaga is leaving the company…
Foxconn sees China iPhone plant beset by CCP ‘Zero COVID’ restrictions back at full output within weeks
Apple assembler Foxconn expects its “iPhone City” assembly campus in Zhengzhou, China which has repeatedly been beset by the CCP’s…
Chinese workers rebel against CCP’s quixotic COVID lockdowns; iPhone production hit estimated at 6 million
On November 23rd, Chinese workers rebelled against security personnel in white protective clothing at the “iPhone City” factory compound…
Apple assembler Foxconn hires over 100,000 workers in iPhone factory hit by CCP COVID restrictions
Apple assembler Foxconn has hit a hiring target of 100,000 new workers for its “iPhone City” assembly factory in Zhengzhou, China…
Chinese authorities call on retired soldiers to take stints at Foxconn’s iPhone plant
Authorities in China’s Henan province are urging retired soldiers and government workers to take on stints at Foxconn’s iPhone factory in…
Apple assembler Foxconn looks to quadruple Indian workforce in next 24 months
Apple assembler Foxconn plans to quadruple the workforce at its iPhone factory in India over two years due to COVID lockdowns in China…
Apple adds Pegatron as new iPhone 14 supplier in India
Apple contract manufacturer Pegatron, which is based in Taiwan, has begun assembling the company’s latest iPhone 14 model in India, just…
‘iPhone City’ in China is operating normally despite quixotic COVID lockdowns
The world’s biggest iPhone assembly campus, know colloquially as “iPhone City,” on the outskirts of Zhengzhou in central China…
Morgan Stanley: Lower air quality in some Chinese cities points to iPhone 12 production surge
Morgan Stanley said that tracking of air quality reports in China show an increase in industrial activity tied to iPhone 12 production …
iPhone 12 assembly at China factory ramps up to 24 hours a day
The world’s largest iPhone assembly plant in Zhengzhou, China is running at full speed, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week in anticipation…
Foxconn: Apple’s 5G iPhones on track for autumn launch
Apple iPhone assembler Foxconn says that the company can assemble next-generation 5G-capable iPhones in time for Apple’s usual autumn launch …
Apple’s ‘iPhone SE 2’ enters final phase of production verification as launch looms
Ahead of an expected imminent launch, Apple’s widely-expected budget iPhone, dubbed “iPhone SE 2” or “iPhone 9,” has now entered the final phase…
Mobile World Congress cancellation is good news for Apple’s ‘iPhone SE 2’
sterday’s cancellation of the 2020 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, could very well be good news for Apple’s “iPhone SE 2” launch…
Apple suppliers scramble to restart production in China while keeping vast factories coronavirus-free
Apple suppliers in China are scrambling to restart production. Foxconn’s main Longhua campus in Shenzhen is the size of 250 football fields…
Foxconn refutes Reuters report on restart timeline for Chinese factories
In a statement to the Taipei stock exchange, Taiwan’s Foxconn on Thursday refuted that recent Reuters reports on its plans to restart factories in China…
Coronavirus infects Apple’s Mac Pro delivery schedule
For at least a week, many custom iMac, iMac Pro, and MacBook Pro configurations have been facing longer-than-usual delivery estimates on Apple’s online store…
Mobile World Congress 2020 canceled due to Coronavirus outbreak
The 2020 Mobile World Congress has been canceled by GSMA due to fears surrounding the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak. The decision to abandon…
Apple shares surge as Chinese factories accelerate post-coronavirus restarts
Following a report that Foxconn’s iPhone assembly plants will speed up their return to normal production, the market saw Apple shares surge …
Coronavirus effects on Apple to date
The 2019-nCoV coronavirus continues to spread through China. Here’s a rundown of the effects on Apple due to the coronavirus so far…
Foxconn plans to resume 50% of output in virus-hit China by end of month
Foxconn plans to resume 50% of output in virus-hit China by end of February, as the major Apple-supplier reopens plants shut over the coronavirus outbreak…
JPMorgan: Coronavirus may be smaller risk to Chinese manufacturing than feared
The 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak that killed at least 1,018 may be a smaller risk to Chinese manufacturing than feared, according to JPMorgan …
Nasdaq climbs to record as investors look past coronavirus
The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 clinched closing records on Monday as investors took heart in mostly solid U.S. fourth-quarter corporate earnings…
China’s Q1 smartphone sales may be cut in half due to coronavirus
Since many retail shops have closed for an extended period and production has yet to fully resume, China’s Q1 smartphone sales may plunge by as much as 50%…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Foxconn moves some iPhone assembly from China to India and Taiwan due to coronavirus
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says some Foxconn iPhone assembly has been moved from China to India and Taiwan due to the coronavirus impact on production…
iPhone assembler Foxconn restarts key China plant with 10% of workers
Apple’s largest iPhone assembler, Foxconn, has received approval from the Chinese government to resume production at a key plant in China…
China government blocks restart of Foxconn plants due to coronavirus
Apple iPhone assembler Foxconn’s plan to restart production on Feb. 10 has been called off by the gov’t in China due to the coronavirus outbreak…
Apple Stores in China won’t reopen as planned due to coronavirus
Apple employees have been notified by the company that Apple Stores in China won’t reopen as planned due to the coronavirus outbreak…
Foxconn warns staff to keep away from Shenzhen facility due to coronavirus
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., parent company of Apple assembler Foxconn, warned staff at its Shenzhen facility not to return to work…
China coronavirus death toll jumps to 563
The death toll from the 2019-nCoV coronavirus in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563 on Thursday, its third consecutive record daily rise…
Foxconn sees full China production resuming late-February
Taiwan’s Foxconn aims to steadily ramp up operations at factories in China next week, but it could take between one to two weeks after that…
Foxconn to resume iPhone assembly on Feb. 10, quarantine workers
Foxconn plans a quarantine of up to two weeks for any employee that returns to work as a precautionary measure to curb the spread of 2019-nCoV coronavirus…
Apple supplier Foxconn to look into alleged fraud involving $43 million in flawed iPhone parts
A Taiwanese businessman has purportedly worked with a group of management staff at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou facility to obtain and assemble flawed iPhone parts…
Foxconn workers line up to leave the world’s largest iPhone assembly plant as overtime opportunities plunge
It is a normal Saturday in Zhengzhou, the capital of central China’s Henan province…
Foxconn axes 50,000 seasonal jobs amid Apple iPhone slowdown
Around 50,000 contract workers have been let go since October at Foxconn Technology Group’s most important iPhone factory at Zhengzhou…
Foxconn hiring more workers, offering extra bonuses to assemble Apple’s next-gen iPhones
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is offering extra bonuses in its bid to hire…
Yield rates for iPhone X components improving
Yield rates for certain iPhone X components have improved and become more stable…
New York Times story a sign that Apple is subtly pushing back on the idea of U.S. manufacturing?
Arguably more than any time in the past decade, the political pressure is on for Apple to bring back at least some of its manufacturing jobs from overseas…
How China built ‘iPhone City’ with billions in perks for Apple supplier Foxconn
President-elect Donald J. Trump has vowed to bring down the full force of the government on American companies that move jobs overseas…
