Foxconn CEO Liu Yangwei said on Thursday (November 10) that the company strives to resume the production capacity of Zhengzhou factory in Zhengzhou factory in the shortage of crown disease and employee shortage in the shortest time.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Foxconn said that the Zhengzhou factory area is still in operation and is in a state of closed -loop management.This means that workers are basically isolated from the outside world, and they are required to commute in the form of "two points" between dormitory residences and parks.Foxconn did not say when the Zhengzhou plant intended to end the closed -loop management.
Foxconn Zhengzhou Factory is the world's largest Apple iPhone assembly base.In October of this year, the epidemic situation began to appear in Zhengzhou Factory. In the past few weeks, as Foxconn tried to cope with the epidemic situation in the plant, iPhone production was disturbed.At the end of October, a video shot by someone showed that a large number of workers fled the factory due to concerns about the crown disease, and the local government sent a team to the scene to deal with the crisis.
Liu Yangwei said that from the long run, this interference will not affect Foxconn, partly because the company also has production lines outside China, including India and Vietnam.
He said at the performance conference call with investors on Thursday that Foxconn will continue to improve the company's competitiveness through global layout.
Liu Yangwei said that Foxconn Zhengzhou plant has more than 200,000 employees.According to the Countpoint Research, according to previous forecasts, the output of Foxconn Zhengzhou plant will account for more than 80%and 85%of the global total output of the iPhone 14 and high -end iPhone 14 Pro models, respectively.
