Hit by Nokia shut down, FOXCONN mulling layoff: Trade union

Last Updated: Thursday, December 11, 2014, 21:48

After suspension of production at Nokia's plant near here, an employee union fears lay-offs or production halt by the handset maker's major supplier FOXCONN.

BlackBerry deal bolsters Foxconn's makeover gambit

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 09:58

Foxconn`s BlackBerry Ltd deal marks the Taiwanese firm`s biggest step up the value chain - a chance to not just assemble smartphones, but help design them, too.

Foxconn accused of forcing interns into building Sony PS4

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 18:09

Foxconn has been alleged to have made thousands of students from an IT engineering program in Taiwan work on the production line.

Google buys virtual imaging patents from Foxconn

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 15:08

No details were released on the amount of the transaction.

Apple returns 8 million faulty iPhones to Foxconn!

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 18:47

The smartphones appeared to be non-compliant and had dysfunctional problems, pc magazine reports.

Foxconn plans labour union elections in China factories

Last Updated: Monday, February 4, 2013, 12:23

Foxconn, tech giant Apple’s main manufacturing plant in China, is preparing to conduct labour union elections in its factories for the first time, a report has said.

Foxconn China rattled by another strike: Rights group

Last Updated: Saturday, January 12, 2013, 18:54

Meanwhile, Foxconn, one of the world's biggest contract electronics makers, has confirmed that it is being investigated by Chinese authorities following allegations that at least one executive accepted bribes.

Foxconn faces bribery probe in China

Last Updated: Saturday, January 12, 2013, 15:40

Foxconn said it was co-operating with the probe and was reviewing processes.

Chinese Apple manufacturer Foxconn plans to open factories in US

Last Updated: Friday, November 9, 2012, 12:09

Foxconn, tech giant Apple''s main manufacturing plant in China, is reportedly planning to open factories in the United States.

Workers producing iPhone 5 in China reveal ‘life of hell’

Last Updated: Sunday, October 14, 2012, 21:18

Workers in Foxconn’s Chinese factories work on a 14-hour shift to assemble a iPhone 5 every 30 seconds and earn less than 60 pounds a week.

Apple iPhone5 maker in China denies workers on strike

Last Updated: Monday, October 8, 2012, 14:11

Foxconn said only some 200 workers were "absent intentionally".

Foxconn rules out worker clashes stalled iPhone production

Last Updated: Saturday, October 6, 2012, 22:14

New York-based China Labor Watch reported that 3,000 to 4,000 workers at the Foxconn plant in central China's Zhengzhou city went on strike on Friday over increased quality control demands and having to work during an extended national holiday.