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After pausing production on Monday due to a local spike in COVID-19 cases, Apple supplier Foxconn is partially reopening its two campuses in Shenzhen, China, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.  Though Shenzhen, a tech hub near Hong Kong, remains in a government-mandated lockdown, the campus reopening will allow some production to resume in the facilities. Foxconn is …

Foxconn, one of Apple’s top suppliers of iPhones and other devices, has temporarily halted operations in Shenzhen, China, due to a citywide lockdown imposed by the government after a COVID-19 outbreak. Also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, Foxconn has suspended operations at two campuses and has worked to relocate production to other sites in an effort to reduce the …

Foxconn will move some iPad and MacBook assembly from China to Vietnam at Apple’s request, Reuters reported Thursday. The new production lines will apparently come online in the first half of 2021, as Apple tries to alleviate the impact of the US-China trade tensions on its supply chain. It’s unclear which iPad and MacBook models will be made in Vietnam. …

Apple has several key marketing phrases that pretty much all techies know by heart, such as “Think different” and “There’s an app for that.” But its most ubiquitous one may soon start to change: “Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China.” Young Liu, chairman of worldwide device assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, which is also known as Foxconn, said …

Apple’s biggest manufacturing contractor, Foxconn, reportedly told investors on a call Tuesday that the upcoming 5G-enabled iPhone should still be able to hit its fall launch schedule — provided there are no further coronavirus-related delays over the coming months. The upcoming iPhone 12 is rumored to have new color and screen size options, as well as 5G support.  Read more: …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As the recovery rate for the coronavirus continues to improve in China, one major iPhone manufacturer says its factories in the country will rebound in the coming weeks. Foxconn on Tuesday said its Chinese plants will bounce back from the setback caused by the …

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday expressed uncertainty about the impact the deadly coronavirus would have on its China production, but one major iPhone manufacturer said it’s prepared. Foxconn apparently has a plan to “meet all global manufacturing obligations,” even as China restricts travel and enacts quarantine measures.  “Foxconn is closely monitoring the current public health challenge linked to the …

Apple and Foxconn said they employed too many temporary workers in Chinese facilities where iPhones are manufactured after a watchdog accused them of violating several labor laws, according to Bloomberg. The report came on Monday, a day before Apple is expected to reveal its new iPhones at a California event. China Labor Watch (CLW) reported that undercover investigators in Foxconn’s Zhengzhou …

To avoid being caught in the US-China trade war, Apple reportedly began asking suppliers about the possibility of moving production out of China. A founder of one of Apple’s biggest suppliers of phone parts is cheering this move, especially if the work goes to Taiwan. Foxconn founder Terry Gou says it’s possible Apple could move plants working on its products …

Apple is reportedly prepared if the US-China trade war forces it to move production outside China. Its Taiwanese manufacturing partner Hon Hai Precision Industry (better known as Foxconn) can make enough iPhones to meet the needs of Apple’s US market outside China if needed, according to Bloomberg. Most iPhones are currently produced in China, but Foxconn semiconductor division chief Young …