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World’s largest iPhone factory needs 100,000 workers for Foxconn to resume full production, state media says
- The Taiwanese manufacturer’s Zhengzhou facility is still grappling with an exodus of workers amid an ongoing Covid-19 outbreak
- Foxconn’s ability to resume normal operations has big implications for Apple’s supply chain ahead of the holiday shopping season
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Coco Fengin Beijing
The world’s largest iPhone factory, operated by Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group, is in need of 100,000 workers to resume full production capacity in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, according to China Newsweek, a state-backed weekly magazine.
It has been difficult for the company to find enough workers to staff the plant since an exodus spurred by a Covid-19 lockdown, the publication reported, citing an unnamed “person in charge at Foxconn”.
In Taikang, a county in Henan province with 1.5 million residents, the facility has asked for 10,000 workers. Only 2,000 have been hired so far, the report said.
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Foxconn did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, has been struggling to boost production since workers left in droves last month. Apple warned last week of delayed shipments of iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max handsets as the tech giant enters its busiest shopping season of the year ahead of the holidays.
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