Suicides Return, Foxconn Workers Forced to Work Long Hours in Silence

Star Chang, May 1, 2013 8:57 AM, 1,283 views, 14 Comments »,

Foxconn has found itself once more embroiled in a suicide scandal after two apparent staff suicide attempts within four days were witnessed by workers from the company’s Zhengzhou plant in central China’s Henan province. The two factory worker, one male and one female, attempted suicide by jumping from buildings between April 24 and April 27. The man has died, while the fate of the woman remains unknown. Sources claim that the Zhengzhou factory entered “silent mode” from the beginning of April, restricting workers from discussing anything unrelated to work while on company premises. Many workers have complained about the new rule, which some believe is related to recent media reports about Foxconn products not meeting quality standards …

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Foxconn Ready to Produce Apple’s iTV with Sharp’s Technologies at Low Manufacturing Cost

Star Chang, Mar 28, 2013 9:11 AM, 1,418 views, 1 Comment »,

Market insiders speculate that Taiwan’s Hon Hai, better known internationally by its trading name Foxconn, may secure orders from Apple to produce its iTVs. Japan TV maker Sharp, which is so-called partially owned by Hon Hai, has just sold a portion of its shares to Samsung, leading to speculation that it may lose its iTV orders because of the much-publicized competition between the two tech giants. Foxconn is already Apple’s main manufacturing partner for its iPhone and iPad, but Apple is likely to diversify manufacturers for its up coming new products, Foxconn will properly be losing iPhone’s orders from Apple. While the news on iTV comes on the tails of Hon Hai chairman Terry Gou visited Japan early this month, where he reportedly met Apple’s senior executives in Osaka. Gou has personal investments in an LCD TV plant, which he used to show Apple executives that Hon Hai has the ability to produce iTVs …

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70% of iPhone Production Now Comes From Foxconn’s Zhengzhou Plant (video)

Chris Chang, May 24, 2012 9:54 PM, 4,413 views, Got something to say ?,

We knew there’s a newly built manufacturing facility for the iPhone in Zhengzhou, China. And the plant cranks out about 200,000 iPhones per day. Here’s something we just knew today, and really surprised us. 70 percent of the production for the iPhone now comes from Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant, and the iPhone production line in the Zhengzhou plant is aiming to crank out 400,000 iPhones per day. Not enough? Here we have a video showing Foxconn CEO Terry Gou and a Chinese reporter touring the iPhone production line at the Zhengzhou plant. Video after the break.

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Foxconn Chief Explicitly Confirms Preparation For Apple iTV (Update: Foxconn Denied)

Herman Lai, May 11, 2012 9:32 PM, 1,546 views, 2 Comments »,

Apple’s take on television industry is in news from over one year now and reports are being weighed by many sources. Finally, the rumors had been confimred by the chairman of Foxconn Terry Gou, who revealed the company is currently making preparations in collaboration with Apple to launch a new HDTV set in the market.

Update: Foxconn told TheNextWeb that Gou had “neither confirmed nor speculated about Foxconn’s involvement in the production of any product,” while its policy forbids “comment on any customers or their products.”

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Foxconn CEO said There is Nothing Wrong with Sweatshops (Video)

Star Chang, May 2, 2012 9:58 PM, 1,015 views, Got something to say ?,

Foxconn CEO Terry Gou, who has often been accused of running “sweatshops” at the company’s factories in China said that there is nothing wrong with working his employees hard as long as the company is not breaking the law. “What’s wrong with sweatshops ? All farmers sweat before they harvest,” said Gou as he met a group of his Chinese employees who were chosen to a free trip to Taiwan at the company’s expense. As a reward to the hard working employees, each has received a free iPhone, cash bonus and some party dancing with the CEO …

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Foxconn Treats Chinese Workers to Taiwan Trip with Cash Award and Free iPhone (Video)

Star Chang, Apr 23, 2012 5:31 AM, 823 views, Got something to say ?,

A group of Chinese workers from Foxconn were invited to travel to Taiwan for a seven-day free tour, courtesy of their employer. The 217 Foxconn employees from 17 provinces and 21 factories in China are scheduled to visit many popular tourist sites in Taiwan. Foxconn will be footing the bill for all costs involved, because the tour is part of a plan by chairman Terry Gou to help reduce worker stress and encourage high-performing workers. These excellent workers had be chosen and they will get rewarded for their hard work and contribution to Foxconn, they will each received an Apple iPhone and 5,000 yuan (US$792) cash award …

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The Despicable Foxconn CEO Terry Gou Gets Animated! (Video)

Herman Lai, Feb 2, 2012 2:16 AM, 678 views, 1 Comment »,

Two weeks ago, the iPads and iPhones maker Terry Gou said the management of one million workers gives him headaches, and he compared his workers to animals during a company event held at the Taipei Zoo, which had sparked many disputes from many foreign and local medias. So if you are using an iProduct, then you should get to know Terry Gou. It will explains how despicable he is!

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Foxconn CEO: Manage One Million Workers Gives Me A Headache That Kills

Chris Chang, Jan 19, 2012 4:34 PM, 1,272 views, 4 Comments »,

Ever since Foxconn CEO Terry Gou told people that the robots are coming, we think the Foxconn workers will go jobless someday. As Foxconn is going to boost the number of robots doing those repetitive tasks on its assembly line in 3 years time, the Foxconn chairman recently talked about the workforce of the company, saying that the management of one million workers gives him headaches.

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Foxconn Robots Ready for Actions ?

Star Chang, Jan 15, 2012 3:43 AM, 2,362 views, 5 Comments »,

Foxconn, one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers, has started to build its robot kingdom last year. The first batch of robots developed by the company, numbering about 10,000, has already been deployed on production lines in Shanxi province, Northern China. Foxconn is planning to turn out one million robots within three years. Terry Gou, the CEO of Foxconn, has revealed more info on his robot army in an interview. And Chinese journalist has the chance to take a sneak peek on Foxconn’s robots …

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Foxconn Wants To Replace Workers With 1 Million Robots

Chris Chang, Aug 1, 2011 5:30 AM, 2,065 views, 3 Comments »,

You don’t know when these things could happen, but you should be very excited to see most of the gadgets you love — your iPads, iPhones, Android tablets and so on — to be assembled by Foxconn robots. Yup, Foxconn is planning to replace their human workers with 1 million robots in 3 years to assemble Apple products. Yeah babe!

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