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Foxconn to Cut Workforce as Apple Expected to Announce Record-Breaking iPhone Sales [Updated]

Tuesday January 27, 2015 5:35 am PST by
Foxconn Technology Group, Apple's main assembly partner for iPhones, today announced (via Reuters) major plans to reduce its workforce due to "declining revenue growth and rising wages in China." The announcement comes mere hours before Apple's financial earnings announcement for the first fiscal quarter of 2015, in which the company is expected to announce record iPhone sales. The company...
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Foxconn Plans to Spend $2.6 Billion on Dedicated Apple Display Plant in Taiwan

Thursday November 20, 2014 6:49 am PST by
Foxconn Technology Group has plans to spend NT$80 Billion, or $2.6 billion, over the course of the next two years on a new factory in Taiwan to produce displays exclusively for Apple, according to Bloomberg. In a conversation with Sophia Chang, a public relations representative for Foxconn's display unit Innolux Corp., Chang stated that equipment installation will begin next month, although...
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Foxconn's $12 Billion Plan for Brazilian iPad Production in Trouble

Thursday September 29, 2011 12:21 pm PDT by
Reuters reports that Foxconn's previously-announced $12 billion plan to begin producing iPads in Brazil appears to be faltering as Foxconn and the Brazilian government have been unable to reach an agreement.A much-hyped $12 billion plan for Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn to produce iPads in Brazil is "in doubt" due to stagnant negotiations over tax breaks and Brazil's own deep structural...