Strikes as Shanghai Apple and HP Supplier Plans Move
Continuing a recent trend of labor strikes at foreign enterprises in the country, more than a thousand workers in Shanghai went on strike after their Hi-P Electronics factory announced suddenly that...
View ArticleFoxconn Wage Hikes Raise Local Rent Prices in Shenzhen
Rents are increasing There has been lots of talk about working conditions at Foxconn over the past few months, in no small part because Foxconn is an Apple supplier and any news with “Apple” in the...
View ArticleRumor: Foxconn to Double Its China Wages by 2013
The contract gadget maker Foxconn, which does the final manufacturing on all iPads and iPhones, and numerous other company’s devices, reportedly might double its Chinese factory worker’s wages by...
View ArticleSee $55 Chinese Android Tablet Assembled on Factory Line [Video]
Amid all the controversy that has surrounded Chinese electronics manufacturing in recent years, it’s always insightful when we get an inside look at how such factories. Readers may recall when...
View ArticleFoxconn Looks Into Indonesia, Could Create 1 Million Jobs
[UPDATE on July 16th: In response to the numerous reports citing that Foxconn’s going to invest in Indonesia, the manufacturing company has responded by saying that it has yet to reach any decision...
View ArticleRumor: Lenovo Looking to Close Shenzhen Factory [UPDATE: Lenovo Denies Rumors]
Photo: AP via The Hindu Lenovo is the world’s second-biggest PC company (and it’s got its eyes on the number one spot), but even that sort of success may not insulate some of its line workers from...
View ArticleSamsung Interested in Building Mobile Phone Plant in Indonesia
After Apple’s partner Foxconn recently looked into Indonesia to build a manufacturing plant, here comes Samsung following the same route. The Indonesian unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, PT Samsung...
View ArticleWeibo Reports: Workers at Apple Supplier Foxconn’s Taiyuan Factory Rioting
As of yet, these reports are unconfirmed, but the word on Weibo is that workers at Foxconn (a supplier of Apple and just about every other tech company) rioted at a factory in Taiyuan. (Thanks to...
View ArticleRumor: Foxconn Planning a Factory in the US
Well here’s some news you probably didn’t see coming: Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn is rumored to be planning a manufacturing plant in the United States according to Taiwan’s Digitimes....
View ArticleVietnam is Asia’s New Tech Manufacturing Hub
photo via dientutieudung.vn It all started in 2010. Intel built its $1 billion chip manufacturing plant in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Vietnam’s electronic manufacturing dream had arrived. Gone would be...
View ArticleChina Labor Watch alleges iPhone 5C factory violations
This probably isn’t the leak Apple wanted ahead of Wednesday’s press conference. The iPhone 5C hasn’t even been officially announced yet, but Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and the American-owned factory that...
View ArticleStrikes as Shanghai Apple and HP Supplier Plans Move
Continuing a recent trend of labor strikes at foreign enterprises in the country, more than a thousand workers in Shanghai went on strike after their Hi-P Electronics factory announced suddenly that...
View ArticleFoxconn Wage Hikes Raise Local Rent Prices in Shenzhen
Rents are increasing There has been lots of talk about working conditions at Foxconn over the past few months, in no small part because Foxconn is an Apple supplier and any news with “Apple” in the...
View ArticleRumor: Foxconn to Double Its China Wages by 2013
The contract gadget maker Foxconn, which does the final manufacturing on all iPads and iPhones, and numerous other company’s devices, reportedly might double its Chinese factory worker’s wages by...
View ArticleSee $55 Chinese Android Tablet Assembled on Factory Line [Video]
Amid all the controversy that has surrounded Chinese electronics manufacturing in recent years, it’s always insightful when we get an inside look at how such factories. Readers may recall when...
View ArticleFoxconn Looks Into Indonesia, Could Create 1 Million Jobs
[UPDATE on July 16th: In response to the numerous reports citing that Foxconn’s going to invest in Indonesia, the manufacturing company has responded by saying that it has yet to reach any decision...
View ArticleRumor: Lenovo Looking to Close Shenzhen Factory [UPDATE: Lenovo Denies Rumors]
Photo: AP via The Hindu Lenovo is the world’s second-biggest PC company (and it’s got its eyes on the number one spot), but even that sort of success may not insulate some of its line workers from...
View ArticleSamsung Interested in Building Mobile Phone Plant in Indonesia
After Apple’s partner Foxconn recently looked into Indonesia to build a manufacturing plant, here comes Samsung following the same route. The Indonesian unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, PT Samsung...
View ArticleWeibo Reports: Workers at Apple Supplier Foxconn’s Taiyuan Factory Rioting
As of yet, these reports are unconfirmed, but the word on Weibo is that workers at Foxconn (a supplier of Apple and just about every other tech company) rioted at a factory in Taiyuan. (Thanks to...
View ArticleRumor: Foxconn Planning a Factory in the US
Well here’s some news you probably didn’t see coming: Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn is rumored to be planning a manufacturing plant in the United States according to Taiwan’s Digitimes....
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