Apple realises that Foxconn’s treatment of women is bad PR
Puts company on probation
Fruity cargo cult Apple has realised that Foxconn’s poor treatment of women workers in its Indian plant is doing the same sort of PR damage it saw when there were similar problems in China.
Foxconn India shuttered
Apparently not a good idea to poison staff
It looks like Apple supplier Foxconn's plant near Chennai in southern India will remain shut this week following protests sparked by a food poisoning incident.
Foxconn in food poisoning row in India
Workers arrested
Police in India have released dozens of those detained for blocking a key highway in a protest against food poisoning at the Apple supplier Foxconn.
Foxconn warns global chip shortage will last until next year
Tame Apple Press concerned
Foxconn has predicted that a global chip shortage would run into the second half of 2022 and its fourth-quarter revenue for electronics, including smartphones, would fall more than 15 per cent.
Foxconn releases three electric car prototypes
Keen to drive away from Apple dependence
Foxconn unveiled its first three electric vehicle prototypes, which are being seen as part of its ambitious plans to diversify away from its role of building consumer electronics for Apple.
Foxconn does better than expected
Profits up by a third
A chip shortage and strong demand for its partners profits pushed Foxconn’s profits up by nearly a third on last year.
Foxconn and TSMC buy 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
Donating them to the government to bypass China ban
Foxconn and TSMC have agreed to buy 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for the island of Taiwan. The two companies will be paying up to $35 a dose of the BioNTech vaccine and donating them to the government.
Foxconn predicts a 15 percent rise in second-quarter revenue
Work from home spin-off
Taiwan's Foxconn forecast a 15 percent rise in second-quarter revenue as the work-from-home boom spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic extends, boosting demand for consumer devices.
Foxconn decides not to build Trump's eighth wonder of the world
We were wondering when this would happen
Taiwan electronics manufacturer Foxconn is drastically scaling back a planned $10 billion factory in Wisconsin, which former US President Donald Trump once called "the eighth wonder of the world".
Foxconn partners with VinFast on electric cars
Might buy the Vietnamese production lines
Taiwan’s Foxconn is in early-stage talks with Vietnamese carmaker VinFast about partnering in electric vehicles.