Foxconn

How geopolitics threatens Apple’s dependence on China

Beijing’s restrictions on government use of Apple products and Huawei’s resurgence pose problems for Tim Cook

Thu Sept 21 2023 - 05:30

Foxconn’s biggest Chinese rival wins premium iPhone contract

Luxshare is about to produce its first big order for Apple, following worker protests at Foxconn over Covid curbs

Thu Jan 05 2023 - 08:28

China’s biggest iPhone maker says claims of Covid deaths at factory are untrue

Foxconn raises bonuses in bid to keep workers at Zhengzhou plant after outbreak drove employees to flee

Tue Nov 01 2022 - 15:12

Foxconn slams ‘malicious’ video of staff deaths as outcry grows

Company has denied social media claims of several deaths from Covid outbreak at China plant

Tue Nov 01 2022 - 07:55

Beijing ramps up Covid-19 curbs with Shanghai still in lockdown

Chinese authorities carry out mass testing in bid to control spread of disease in capital

Wed May 04 2022 - 13:50

XI urges China to maintain strict Covid-19 policy amid rise in cases

Firms allowed to reopen in Shenzhen where 17.5m residents being tested daily

Thu Mar 17 2022 - 15:22

Apple supplier Foxconn shuts plants as Covid outbreak in China grows

Factories in Shenzhen closed after city of 17.5mn is put under lockdown

Mon Mar 14 2022 - 12:03

Apple supplier Foxconn expects revenue to slump 15% in Q4

Group previously said it felt only a small impact from the global chip shortage

Fri Nov 12 2021 - 07:39

Foxconn profits rise on work-from-home boom

Upbeat forecast reinforces strong growth momentum that saw Q1 profit rocket with revenue rising 45%

Fri May 14 2021 - 10:55

Apple supplier Foxconn warns components shortage to last until 2022

Company will not be able to fulfil less than 10% of its orders because of shortage

Tue Mar 30 2021 - 13:24

Foxconn to shift some Apple production to Vietnam to minimise China risk

Some iPad manufacturing shifted to minimise impact of US-China trade war

Thu Nov 26 2020 - 10:25

Apple supplier Pegatron found using illegal student labour in China

Disclosures follow death of worker who fell unconscious in a Pegatron dormitory

Mon Nov 09 2020 - 16:13

Google intends to invest $10bn in India

‘India Digitisation Fund’ comes as US tech companies jostle for position in fast-growing online market

Mon Jul 13 2020 - 18:34

Medtronic aiming to make 1,000 ventilators a week in Galway by June

Firm ramping up production to more than triple current levels to help battle pandemic

Mon Apr 06 2020 - 19:20

World’s tech supply chain shaken by coronavirus

Apartment complexes near Zhengzhou where factory workers live have closed all but one entrance, which is monitored by guards

Fri Feb 07 2020 - 01:00

Coronavirus wreaks havoc with global tech supply chain

Many Chinese provinces have extended new year holiday to contain spread of disease

Thu Jan 30 2020 - 21:25

China’s currency breaches key level on mounting coronavirus fears

Concern growing over human and economic impact of outbreak

Thu Jan 30 2020 - 11:16

Stocks and oil drop over China coronavirus fears

Financial capital Shanghai has ordered companies not to reopen until February 9th

Mon Jan 27 2020 - 12:21

Opening up the supply chain

Revelations of exploitation and child labour scandals in some of the world’s biggest companies have helped put supply chain transparency into the spotlight

Thu Nov 14 2019 - 00:00

Apple admits to breaking Chinese labour law

Too many temporary workers used at Foxconn facility producing latest iPhone

Mon Sept 09 2019 - 13:43

Foxconn picks chip-unit head to succeed Gou as chairman

Gou tells agm he will hand over running of company to operations committee

Fri Jun 21 2019 - 16:53

Apple considers shifting manufacturing from China to southeast Asia

Move triggered by trade tensions between US and China

Wed Jun 19 2019 - 14:41

FDI projects to the Republic up 24% over the last three years

Capital investment projects to the State rose 32% in 2018 to $10.5bn, new figures show

Thu May 16 2019 - 16:12

In the end Amazon didn’t win its own subsidy game

Analysis: Amazon will walk away from the largest and most public subsidy auction in history with little to show for it

Fri Feb 15 2019 - 09:09

Apple suppliers step up expansion outside China

Foxconn and Pegatron look to Vietnam and India as trade war takes toll

Sun Jan 27 2019 - 19:08

Apple warning bell triggers fears for global economy

Company's stock falls almost 10% after revenue warning

Thu Jan 03 2019 - 21:30

SoftBank to participate in Dublin’s smart cities test bed

Japanese firm is investing in the Internet of Things, pegging it as a future valuable market

Mon Jul 30 2018 - 03:18

Fruits of Nafta deal on the table

Trade agreement under renegotiation has benefited US and Canada as well as Mexico

Sat Dec 09 2017 - 06:00

Apple’s iPhone X assembled by illegal student labour

Interns used as factory struggles to keep up with demand

Tue Nov 21 2017 - 14:15

iPhone X production hurdles hit Foxconn profit

Analysts say it will be 2018 before the tech giant can meet demand

Wed Nov 15 2017 - 15:39

Innovation islands: what Ireland and Taiwan can learn from each other

Taiwan is studying Ireland’s tech culture as it strives to adapt its own sector

Thu Oct 05 2017 - 05:45

Retro Nokia 3310 to go back on sale in Ireland next week

Rebooted handset launched along with three new Nokia smartphones that run on Android

Wed Jul 26 2017 - 11:32

Android creator unveils new smartphone and home assistant device

Andy Rubin launches new firm, Essential Products, to take on the likes of Apple iPhone

Tue May 30 2017 - 19:57

Apple reportedly considering bid for Toshiba chip business

Tech giant said to be keen to take stake of more than 20 per cent in troubled firm

Fri Apr 14 2017 - 06:56