Recent moves by Foxconn were made with the sole intention of securing a deal to manufacture Apple’s upcoming high-definition television, an industry executive recently claimed. Ho Chao-yang, former head of display panel supplier Chimei Innolux and current chairman of Chi Mei Materials Technology, told Digitimes on Friday that Foxconn’s recent investment in Sharp was aimed squarely at ensuring the manufacturing giant lands the deal to build the... full story ![]()
An interesting little story about Apple and Foxconn has flowed across the media over the past couple of days. Originally, there was a report that Foxconn's factories in Mainland China, the ones that make various Apple products including the iPhone, weren't hiring any workers. This was taken as a sign that Apple's sales were falling. Cue the usual sort of panic.
forbes.com (3 months ago)
Hon Hai Precision Industry, commonly known as Foxconn, said its net profit rose 16% in 2012 from the previous year, as the Taiwan-based assembler of Apple products saw its revenue increase as the U.S. company's sales grew.
wsj.com (1 month and 27 days ago)
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd., known to the stock trading world as Foxconn, is the main assembler of Apple products including iPhones and iPads. The Taiwanese company reported operating results for the first quarter of 2013 Wednesday, suggesting some softness in results may be in store when Apple reports quarterly results on April 23.
forbes.com (1 month and 11 days ago)

WASHINGTON (AP) - A labor group Apple Inc. joined to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China, where its products are made, says conditions are improving. But employees are still working more hours than the country's legal limit. The Fair Labor Association said Thursday that Apple's largest supplier, Foxconn, has made all recommended improvements to...
huffingtonpost.com (6 days ago)
A Foxconn spokesman denied a Financial Times report that Foxconn had imposed a hiring freeze across most of its factories in China as it slows production of Apple's iPhone 5.
mercurynews.com (3 months and 1 day ago)
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Group said on Friday it needs more time to reduce overtime at its China factories after labor monitors appointed by top client Apple Inc said cutting workers' hours by a July 1 target would be a challenge. Apple last year commissioned the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to investigate working conditions at the plants after Foxconn, the...
yahoo.com (5 days ago)
Apple shares are trading lower Wednesday, apparently at least partly due to reports that the China-based contract manufacturer Foxconn has halted all recruiting at least until March. A report in the Financial Times blamed the move on slowing production of the Apple iPhone 5. But Bloomberg reports that Foxconn is saying the move is not related to Apple, and instead reflects...
forbes.com (3 months and 1 day ago)

Foxconn Technology Group, the manufacturer of a slew of consumer electronics including several Apple products, has temporarily stopped recruiting new workers in China. According to Bloomberg, Foxconn -- described as the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer -- will stop hiring at least until the end of March. Foxconn's hiring freeze in China has prompted many...
huffingtonpost.com (3 months and 1 day ago)
Both The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal just came out with stories claiming that "Apple is experimenting with wristwatch-like devices made of curved glass," at its Cupertino HQ (NYT) and that, "the company has discussed such a device with its major manufacturing partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.," aka Foxconn (WSJ). Quite intriguing is the notion expounded...
forbes.com (3 months and 10 days ago)
Apple's battered shares took another hit Wednesday after the Financial Times attributed a hiring freeze at the Foxconn factories that assemble many of Apple's products to a slowdown in iPhone 5 production.
cnn.com (3 months ago)
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