Apple iPhone supplier Foxconn has reportedly told its various recruitment partners to cease putting conditions about marital status and other issues in job ads for the company.
Alongside an increase in manufacturing in India, a new report says Apple has moved some iPhone 17 development and testing to the country for the first time.
The number of iPhones made in India rose by a third in the six months to the end of September 2024, as Apple's efforts to expand in the country continue.
China's detention of four Taiwanese Foxconn employees is raising concerns about corporate security and investor confidence.
Following reports of married women being specifically excluded from jobs at Foxconn's India iPhone facilities, the company's chairman has said that the company does have married women as employees — but didn't specifically dispute accusations over its hiring practices.
Foxconn, Apple's iPhone 16 manufacturer has reported a fourth consecutive quarter of profit increases, which it credits to demand for AI servers.
Foxconn has gone on a hiring spree, adding 50,000 new workers for its largest iPhone facility's production lines in China ready for the iPhone 16.
Apple could make more iPhone models in India in 2024, with it reportedly preparing to make Pro and Pro Max versions for the first time, when the iPhone 16 debuts.
After setting up operations in India to produce iPhones, Apple assembly partner Foxconn is considering whether to do the same with iPads.
Following accusations that iPhone manufacturer Foxconn discriminates against hiring married women, the Indian government has questioned executives and is studying documentary evidence.
Foxconn has been accused of excluding married women from jobs at its main iPhone assembly plant in India, citing their family responsibilities as the reason.
Thanks to automation, the Cupertino-based tech giant plans to reduce the number of workers assembling the iPhone by as much as half, but that could have disastrous effects on international labor markets.
Manufacturers including iPhone maker Foxconn have been asked by Vietnamese officials to voluntarily cut their power usage by 30%.
Apple's largest iPhone manufacturer has reported almost a fifth higher revenue for April 2024 compared to the same month in 2023, in part because of diversification.
Foxconn is closing factories in China as iPhone production moves elsewhere, and impacts beyond industry have been made crystal clear in a new video.
With India accounting for an ever greater proportion of iPhone manufacturing, Apple and its suppliers are planning to build residential accommodation by the thousands.
Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams has traveled to Taiwan, on a trip to mark the 50th anniversary of Foxconn.
Apple's largest manufacturer says that Q4 2023 revenues for all of its business, including the iPhone, declined 5.4% year on year, and that it believes a slowing demand will also impact Q1 2024.
New research says that Apple's suppliers including iPhone manufacturer Foxconn have invested $16 billion since 2018, in an increasing plan to move or reshore manufacturing away from over-reliance on China.
The Indian government announced this week approval of Foxconn's plan to invest an additional $1 billion in a manufacturing plant expected to produce the iPhone.
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