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Foxconn Says It Will Raise Salaries, 15% to 25% Increase

By Matthew On February 19, 2012 · Add Comment

Apples supplier Foxconn said this weekend that it will increase worker salaries at its Chinese factories by 16 percent to 25 percent. Bringing the wopping total to about $400 a month. The New York Times reported, adding Foxconn said the increases would happen immediately and that overtime hours would be cut slightly at the factories [...]

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Foxconn Employee Sees iPad For the First Time – Shocked [Video]

By Matthew On February 6, 2012 · Add Comment

We’ve all heard plenty on how the Foxconn employees in China are treated.They work 60 hours a week on making all different types of products (including Apple) but surprisingly have never seen a finished product. “Mrs. Chen” spends all day installing screens on iPads and yet has never seen a completed iPad.

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35,000 Sign Petition For Apple To Stop Worker Abuse

By Matthew On January 31, 2012 · Add Comment

Consumer group SumOfUs, has launched a petition calling for Apple to “stop worker abuse,” with over 35,000 signatures collected in just 24 hours. The workers abuse is happening in China, at Foxconn’s plant which produces Apple products. It all started with a New York Times report that was published on January 26, detailing the chilling [...]

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iPhone 5 Expected Summer 2012, Says Foxconn Employee

By Matthew On January 25, 2012 · Add Comment

A Foxconn employee has reportedly told 9to5Mac that the iPhone 5 is ready for production and to be released in the Summer.

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Foxconn to Double Size of iPhone Plant

By Matthew On December 26, 2011 · Add Comment

Chinese language newspaper China Daily reported that Apple’s Chinese manufacturing partner plans to double the size of its smartphone plant at Foxconn Science Park in Zhengzhou, which already produces over 200,000 iPhones a day. Foxconn’s plans to throw $1.1 billion addition to the facility located in Central China’s Henan province, with boosted revenue from the [...]

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1,000 Workers Strike at Apple Keyboard Factory in China

By Matthew On November 24, 2011 · Add Comment

A huge strike is going on at the supplier of Apple’s keyboards in Shenzen, China, reports Yahoo Finance. Hundreds of riot police were called in after 1,000 workers walked out of the factory, owned by the Jingyuan Computer Group, Apple’s keyboard factory.

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Foxconn Reportedly Shipping 20 Million iPad 2s in Third Quarter

By Matthew On September 1, 2011 · Add Comment

DigiTimes reports that Foxconn is apparently set to produce 20 million iPad 2 units during the current quarter, a significant boost over the prior quarter and even over earlier estimates for this quarter. For the third quarter, Foxconn is expected to ship 20 million units of iPad 2 to Apple, a growth of 60% sequentially, and the [...]

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Foxconn To Bring In Robots To Replace Workers

By Matthew On August 1, 2011 · Add Comment

Foxconn’s founder and chariman Terry Gou said the company will replace an unspecified amount workers with one million robots in three years. Foxconn is the China manufacturer that is responsible for many components inside of Apple, Sony, and Nokia’s devices. Currently, the company has 10,000 robots and will expand to 300,000 next year, gradually opening the door to a [...]

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Foxconn Plans To Spend 1.6B In Stores To Sell Apple Products

By Matthew On July 11, 2011 · Add Comment

The Chinese Economic Daily News via Bloomberg reports that Foxconn plans on spending $1.6B to build stores in China which will sell Apple products, which of course it also produces. The information was relayed by the unit’s Chairman Steve Chang.

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Foxconn Brazil Plant Starting iPad 2 Production In September

By Matthew On June 18, 2011 · Add Comment

Foxconn is scheduled to start iPad production in the country of Brazil in September, according to Brazil’s Minister of Science and Technology.

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