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Ye Booke of Foxconn
TechEye Bible1. And the JOBS said unto Terry Gou, Come thou and all thy factories into the China; for thee have I seen profitable before me in this generation. 2 . Of every iPhone thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the white and his black and of Ipads that are yea even unto the iPad 2. 3 -
Thousands queue to make Apple gear
You would think that with all the bad publicity Foxconn has been getting about its working conditions, it might have a few problems finding workers for its plants. -
Electronic contract manufacturer revenues decline in 2012
Electronics contract manufacturers such as Foxconn are in for a tough year with revenues decreasing due to global economic uncertainty and increasing wage demands. -
Foxconn says sorry for calling employees animals
Foxconn has said sorry for a PR own goal which indicated that it thought that its Chinese employees were nothing but animals. -
iPad 3 slated for March
Rumour*EyeSee We find it interesting that the iPad 3 'leak' has surfaced just when the company's customers are beginning to hold it to account for its work with Foxconn. Surely, a coincidence. -
Apple admits its suppliers make life hell for workers
Recently, workers for Foxconn, which makes Apple gear, threatened a mass suicide after the supplier reneged on a pay deal, because it felt like it. -
Foxconn workers threaten mass suicide
More than 300 Chinese workers threatened mass suicide after Foxconn reneged on its agreement to give them proper working conditions and a salary. -
California tells Apple, others not to use slaves
Apple declined to comment on the new legislation but the law comes after controversy about working conditions at huge supplier Foxconn, where there were a string of suicides. -
2011 exposed big holes in supply chain
CommentWorkers in the world's factory, China, began to realise they didn't need to put up with a pittance and absurd, damaging hours on the assembly lines. Of course, the Party is trying to quash the strikes but hasn't been very successful so far. -
Apple to release iPad on Jobs' Birthday
Apparently Foxconn has told its employees that they will not be able to take more than five days off during the New Year Holiday to make sure that the tablet is out in time for the holy day. -
BP quits unprofitable solar business
Foxconnsignalled that it sees potential in the industry to rebound, whacking $30 million into development, with speculation that it could be part of a $1.5 billion investment into solar in the future. -
Foxconn tipped for next gen iPad production
Terry Gou's manufacturing churn-house Foxconn is tipped to be producing Apple's next generation iPads as early as January and ramping up production in February. -
Heavy US fine adds to Chimei Innolux's woes
According to an analyst speaking to TechEyethis was likely to lead to greater involvement in the running of Chimei from stakeholder Foxconn and Hon Hai. -
Panel industry top dogs Chimei, AUO move closer to merger
Cash-strapped CMI has been attempting to drum up some funding. Digitimes' sources reckon it's after $1.97 billion. However, CMI also has other substantial loans, and a lack of support from Foxconn Group - which owns 11 percent of CMI - is hampering attempts to get a loan together. -
Apple keyboard wage-slaves go on strike in China
Manufacturers are trying to find a way around the headache of paying people money, and so companies like Pegatron and Foxconn are planning to increase automation in their plants. -
LinkedIn man slams Foxconn and Apple, says there aren't enough jobs
Silicon Valley comes to Oxford“There aren’t enough jobs,” he said. As for Foxconn, its move to deploy robots rather than Chinese people was not good. “The androids are coming and they work even cheaper than the Chinese,” he said. -
Marvell man accused of being “master debater”
Silicon Valley comes to OxfordNext, the proponents of the motion – see above – had a good old go at Terry Gou, the CEO of Foxconn, that small Taiwanese ODM. “Foxconn’s Gou has pledged to replace his workers with robots,” said the person speaking on behalf of the motion. -
Foxconn is betting the farm on carbon nanotube touchscreens
Terry Gou's Foxconn is working hard to promote its carbon nanotube touch panels at a conference in Shenzhen, China.
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