Foxconn's Main iPhone Factory Could Resume Full Production by Late December

Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn expects its main iPhone plant in China to resume full production around late December to early January, following worker unrest last month that disrupted the factory.

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"The situation has stabilized," a Foxconn source told Reuters, referring to the protests in Zhengzhou and the government's easing of COVID restrictions.

"The local government is actively helping with the resumption. The capacity is now being gradually resumed with new staff hiring under way. If the recruitment goes smoothly, it could take around three to four weeks to resume full production," the person said.

"At present, the overall epidemic situation has been brought under control with November being the most affected period," the company later said in a statement, adding it has started to recruit new employees and was gradually "restoring production capacity to normal."

The Zhengzhou plant, which employs about 200,000 people, was hit by stringent COVID-19 restrictions last month after an outbreak at the factory, which led the city of about 10 million people to be locked down. Riots soon broke out as workers protested over living standards and a failure to pay promised bonuses, which Foxconn put down to a "technical error" when hiring new recruits.

The Zhengzhou plant is Foxconn's biggest ‌‌iPhone‌‌ factory with around 200,000 workers. Foxconn is responsible for assembling around 70% of the iPhones that Apple sells, but it has been struggling to keep employees on site due to the lockdowns, with some reports suggesting output could fall by as much as 30%. Foxconn on Monday reported sales for November were actually down 11.4% from the prior year and said it expects the fourth quarter to be "roughly in line with market consensus."

‌iPhone‌ 14 Pro models currently face at least a four-week shipping delay on Apple's online store in the U.S. as the company struggles to maintain supply.

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Top Rated Comments

msp3 Avatar
34 months ago
Nothing to see here. Just garden variety oppression of the Chinese people by The Party under the guide of a "medical emergency". Have you woken up from the ruling class' lies yet?
Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Bustycat Avatar
34 months ago
Salute to people who held a piece of white paper.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
T Coma Avatar
34 months ago
After having actually worked in China, and having spent time in incomprehensively massive factories (as a consultant, thank God), I can say with reasonable confidence that workers there are absolute chattel that get ground up and spit out, with little to no value. Working in any legit capacity here in the western world is immeasurably better.

Those press release-type pronouncements from the government/corporate representatives are as ominous and inhuman as they sound. I pray there is a trend to move more manufacturing away from China and the people understand and reject the position their communist overlords force them into.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TheYayAreaLiving ?️ Avatar
34 months ago
This is excellent news but the holidays will be over and it is better to wait for a new iPhone SE and new color iPhone that will be coming in March.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Justin Cymbal Avatar
34 months ago
That’s great

I’m glad that they were able to work out a deal with the workers and hopefully they will receive an increase in pay

Hopefully the wait times for the iPhone 14 Pro starts to improve soon
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
contacos Avatar
34 months ago
I believe it when I see it. All it takes is 1 person having "potentially" been in contact with a positive case 3 floors apart for it to start all over again.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)