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Escape from Foxconn: Workers recount Covid chaos at iPhone factory

Jing Xuan Teng, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 04 03:44 PM

China is the last major economy committed to a zero-Covid strategy, persisting with snap lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines in a bid to stamp out emerging outbreaks. Read more »

China iPhone factory under lockdown boosts bonuses for workers who stay

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 05:10 PM

The world's largest iPhone factory in central China told staff Tuesday it would quadruple their bonuses if they remained at the plant after scores of workers fled a Covid outbreak at the facility. Read more »

China Covid curbs disrupt production at world's biggest iPhone factory

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 06:18 PM

Millions of people in China were under tight Covid restrictions on Wednesday as sporadic outbreaks across the country prompted business closures and disruption at the world's largest iPhone factory. Read more »

Apple to make iPhone 14 in India in shift from China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 27 02:09 AM

Apple's announcement will be a boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' strategy. Read more »

iPhone maker Pegatron halts Shanghai production over COVID

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 02:29 PM

Key iPhone maker Pegatron has halted operations at two subsidiaries in the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Kunshan due to Beijing's strict zero-COVID measures. Read more »

Apple puts India iPhone plant 'on probation'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 29 05:22 PM

Apple said Wednesday it has put the Indian plant of its main supplier "on probation" after a mass food poisoning and protests over workers’ living conditions. Read more »

Ahead of iPhone 13 launch, Foxconn woos workers with record-high bonuses

Iris Deng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 23 12:44 PM

The world’s largest iPhone factory, located in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, is offering record-high cash rewards for workers.   Read more »

Apple supplier Foxconn teams up with Fisker to make electric vehicles

Akanksha Rana and Ben Klayman, Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 01:26 PM

Electric-car maker Fisker Inc said it will work with Apple Inc supplier Foxconn to produce more than 250,000 vehicles a year beginning in late 2023, sending its shares up 18 percent. Read more »

iPhone manufacturer says to make ventilators in COVID-19 fight

Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 02:19 PM

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn will make ventilators with US firm Medtronic Plc to help patients afflicted by the coronavirus outbreak, the company said on Wednesday. Read more »

Apple supplier Foxconn aims to resume production in virus-hit China by month-end

Yimou Lee, Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 12:50 PM

Taiwan's Foxconn hopes to resume half of its production in China by month-end, a source told Reuters on Wednesday, as the supplier to tech giant Apple and others reopens plants shut over a coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

Shenzhen denies blocking Apple supplier Foxconn from resuming production

Reuters
Posted at Feb 10 09:19 AM

The Nikkei, citing 4 people familiar with the matter, said on Saturday that public health experts had carried out inspections at Foxconn's factories and told the company that there was a "high risk of coronavirus infection" at the facilities, making them unsuitable for a production restart. Read more »

Staff making iPhones in central China plant to be quarantined

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 06 12:00 PM

Workers making iPhones at tech giant Foxconn's plant in central China will be quarantined for up to 2 weeks, the company said Thursday, as cities on the mainland tighten their defenses against the deadly coronavirus outbreak.   Read more »