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'''Foxconn Technology Group ''' ({{zh|t=富士康科技集團|s=富士康科技集团|first=t}}) is a [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] electronics manufacturing [[business group]] anchored by '''Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.''' ({{zh|links=no|t=鴻海精密工業股份有限公司}}; {{lse|HHPD}}), a [[Taiwan]]-registered corporation headquartered in [[Tucheng District|Tucheng]], [[New Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]. It is the world's-largest maker of [[electronic components]]<ref>
'''Foxconn Technology Group ''' ({{zh|t=富士康科技集團|s=富士康科技集团|first=t}}) is a [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] electronics manufacturing [[business group]] anchored by '''Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.''' ({{zh|links=no|t=鴻海精密工業股份有限公司}}; {{lse|HHPD}}), a [[Taiwan]]-registered corporation headquartered in [[Tucheng District|Tucheng]], [[New Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]. It is the world's-largest maker of [[electronic components]]<ref>
*[http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66L0A220100722 "Strikes End at Two Chinese Automotive Suppliers"]. [[Reuters]]. 2010-07-22.
*[http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66L0A220100722 "Strikes End at Two Chinese Automotive Suppliers"]. [[Reuters]]. 2010-07-22.
*[http://circuitsassembly.com/cms/images/stories/ArticleImages/1003/1003buetow_table3.pdf "Table 3. The Circuits Assembly Top 50 EMS Companies, 2009"]. circuitsassembly.com.</ref> including [[printed circuit boards]].<ref>Buetow, Mike (March 2010). [http://circuitsassembly.com/cms/magazine/209/9558/ "The Trials of 2009"]. circuitsassembly.com.</ref>
*[http://circuitsassembly.com/cms/images/stories/ArticleImages/1003/1003buetow_table3.pdf "Table 3. The Circuits Assembly Top 50 EMS Companies, 2009"]. circuitsassembly.com.</ref> including [[printed circuit boards]].<ref>Buetow, Mike (March 2010). [http://circuitsassembly.com/cms/magazine/209/9558/ "The Trials of 2009"]. circuitsassembly.com.</ref>


Foxconn clients include [[United States|American]], [[Europe]]an and [[Japan]]ese companies wishing to reduce labor costs without sacrificing quality. Notable products which the company manufactures include the [[Amazon Kindle]], [[iPad]],<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/11/23/businessinsider-apple-adding-more-ipad-production-lines-to-meet-holiday-and-2011-demand-2010-11.DTL "Apple Adding More iPad Production Lines To Meet Holiday and 2011 Demand"]. ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''. 2010-11-23.</ref> [[iPhone]],<ref name=wsj>[http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118677584137994489.html?mod=blog "The Forbidden City of Terry Gou"]. ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''. 2007-08-11.</ref> [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]] and [[Wii]]. Foxconn is the largest exporter in [[Greater China]] and the second-largest in the [[Czech Republic]].<ref name=officialabout>[http://www.foxconn.com/CompanyIntro.html "About Foxconn: Group Profile"]. Foxconn Technology Group.</ref>
Foxconn clients include [[United States|American]], [[Europe]]an and [[Japan]]ese companies. Notable products which the company manufactures include the [[Amazon Kindle]], [[iPad]],<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/11/23/businessinsider-apple-adding-more-ipad-production-lines-to-meet-holiday-and-2011-demand-2010-11.DTL "Apple Adding More iPad Production Lines To Meet Holiday and 2011 Demand"]. ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''. 2010-11-23.</ref> [[iPhone]],<ref name=wsj>[http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118677584137994489.html?mod=blog "The Forbidden City of Terry Gou"]. ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''. 2007-08-11.</ref> [[PlayStation 3]], [[Wii]] and [[Xbox 360]]. Foxconn is the largest exporter in [[Greater China]] and the second-largest in the [[Czech Republic]].<ref name=officialabout>[http://www.foxconn.com/CompanyIntro.html "About Foxconn: Group Profile"]. Foxconn Technology Group.</ref>


The company has been involved in several controversies{{ndash}} most relating to how it manages employees in China, where it is the largest private employer.<ref name=privsec>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/13/us-brazil-foxconn-idUSTRE73B6BD20110413 "Foxconn Says Looking at Investment Opportunities in Brazil"]. [[Reuters]]. 2011-04-13.</ref> International attention has repeatedly been drawn to the suicides of workers and the conditions of employment.
Foxconn has been involved in several controversies{{ndash}} most relating to how it manages employees in China, where it is the largest private employer.<ref name=privsec>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/13/us-brazil-foxconn-idUSTRE73B6BD20110413 "Foxconn Says Looking at Investment Opportunities in Brazil"]. [[Reuters]]. 2011-04-13.</ref> International attention has repeatedly been drawn to the suicides of workers and the conditions of employment.
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==History==
==History==
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd was founded in 1974 as a manufacturer of electrical components (notably electrical connectors for computer components,<ref name="wsj"/> which found use in the [[Atari 2600]],<ref>Balfour, Frederik; Culpan, Tim (2010-09-09).[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-09/everything-is-made-by-foxconn-in-future-evoked-by-terry-gou-s-china-empire.html "Everything Is Made by Foxconn in Future Evoked by Gou's Empire"]. [[Bloomberg News]].</ref> Foxconn was first a [[trade name]] of Hon Hai and is now named a Hon Hai subsidiary.<ref name=wsj/>
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. was founded in 1974 as a manufacturer of electrical components (notably electrical connectors for computer components,<ref name="wsj"/> which found use in the [[Atari 2600]]).<ref>Balfour, Frederik; Culpan, Tim (2010-09-09).[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-09/everything-is-made-by-foxconn-in-future-evoked-by-terry-gou-s-china-empire.html "Everything Is Made by Foxconn in Future Evoked by Gou's Empire"]. [[Bloomberg News]].</ref> Foxconn originated as a [[trade name]] of Hon Hai, later becoming a Hon Hai subsidiary.<ref name=wsj/>


Hon Hai's first manufacturing plant in [[China]] opened in [[Longhua Town, Shenzhen|Longhua]], [[Shenzhen]], in 1988.<ref name=wsj/>
Hon Hai's first manufacturing plant in mainland [[China]] opened in [[Longhua Town, Shenzhen|Longhua]], [[Shenzhen]], in 1988.<ref name=wsj/>


In 2011, Amazon and Foxconn formed a joint-design manufacturing company. The move was meant to produce an Amazon branded smartphone sometime in 2012.<ref>Clarke, Peter (2011-11-21).[http://eetimes.com/electronics-news/4230787/Report--Amazon-asks-Foxconn-for-smartphone-help "Report: Amazon Asks Foxconn for Smartphone Help"]. ''[[EE Times]]''. Retrieved 2011-11-21.</ref>
In 2011, Foxconn and Amazon formed a joint-design manufacturing company. The move was meant to produce an Amazon-branded smartphone sometime in 2012.<ref>Clarke, Peter (2011-11-21).[http://eetimes.com/electronics-news/4230787/Report--Amazon-asks-Foxconn-for-smartphone-help "Report: Amazon Asks Foxconn for Smartphone Help"]. ''[[EE Times]]''. Retrieved 2011-11-21.</ref>


==Operations==
==Operations==
Foxconn currently has factories in Asia, Europe and South America, which together assemble 40 percent of consumer electronics products in the world.<ref name="Duhigg">{{cite news |title=How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work |first=Charles |last=Duhigg |author2=Keith Bradsher |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 21, 2012 |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref>
Foxconn currently has factories in Asia, Europe and South America, which together assemble around 40 percent of consumer electronics products in the world.<ref name="Duhigg">{{cite news |title=How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work |first=Charles |last=Duhigg |author2=Keith Bradsher |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 21, 2012 |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref>


===China===
===China===
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Foxconn's largest factory worldwide is in [[Longhua Town, Shenzhen|Longhua]], [[Shenzhen]], where hundreds of thousands of workers (varying counts include 230,000<ref name="Duhigg"/>, 300,000<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/26/world/la-fg-china-suicides-20100526 "Firm Shaken by Suicides"]. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. 2010-05-26.</ref>, and 450,000<ref name="focustw">{{cite news|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201008190012&Type=aECO|title=Foxcon Plans To Increase China Workforce to 1.3 Million|publisher=Focus Taiwan News Channel|date= 2010-8-19 |accessdate= 2010-8-19}}</ref>) are employed at the Longhua Science & Technology Park, a walled campus<ref name=wsj/> sometimes referred to as "Foxconn City"<ref name="Economist-Foxconn"/> or "[[iPod]] City".<ref>*[http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2006/06/7039.ars "iPod City: Apple Criticized for Factory Conditions"]. arstechnica.com. 2006-06-12.
Foxconn's largest factory worldwide is in [[Longhua Town, Shenzhen|Longhua]], [[Shenzhen]], where hundreds of thousands of workers (varying counts include 230,000<ref name="Duhigg"/>, 300,000<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/26/world/la-fg-china-suicides-20100526 "Firm Shaken by Suicides"]. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. 2010-05-26.</ref>, and 450,000<ref name="focustw">{{cite news|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201008190012&Type=aECO|title=Foxcon Plans To Increase China Workforce to 1.3 Million|publisher=Focus Taiwan News Channel|date= 2010-8-19 |accessdate= 2010-8-19}}</ref>) are employed at the Longhua Science & Technology Park, a walled campus<ref name=wsj/> sometimes referred to as "Foxconn City"<ref name="Economist-Foxconn"/> or "[[iPod]] City".<ref>*[http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2006/06/7039.ars "iPod City: Apple Criticized for Factory Conditions"]. arstechnica.com. 2006-06-12.
*[http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=14915 "Inside Apple's iPod Factories"]. ''[[MacWorld UK]]''. 2006-06-12.</ref> Covering about 1.16 square miles (3 square km),<ref name=bloom>[http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-02/foxconn-workers-in-china-say-meaningless-life-sparks-suicides.html "Foxconn Workers in China Say 'Meaningless' Life Sparks Suicides"]. ''[[BusinessWeek]]''. 2010-06-02.</ref> it includes 15 factories,<ref name="Economist-Foxconn">[http://www.economist.com/business-finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16231588 "Suicides at Foxconn: Light and Death"]. ''[[The Economist]]''. 2010-05-27.</ref> worker dormitories, a swimming pool,<ref>[http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/apple-and-dell-comment-as-foxconn-ceo-shows-off-the-pool/]. [[Engadget]].</ref> a fire brigade,<ref name=wsj/> its own television network (Foxconn TV)<ref name=wsj/>, and a [[downtown]] complete with a grocery store, bank, restaurants, bookstore, and hospital.<ref name=wsj/> While some workers live in surrounding towns and villages, others live and work inside the complex,<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/weekinreview/20barboza.html "A Night at the Electronics Factory"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. 2010-06-19.</ref>; a quarter of the employees live in the dormitories, and many of them work 12-hour days for 6 days each week, for under US$17 per day.<ref name="Duhigg"/>
*[http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=14915 "Inside Apple's iPod Factories"]. ''[[MacWorld UK]]''. 2006-06-12.</ref> Covering about 1.16 square miles (3 square km),<ref name=bloom>[http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-02/foxconn-workers-in-china-say-meaningless-life-sparks-suicides.html "Foxconn Workers in China Say 'Meaningless' Life Sparks Suicides"]. ''[[BusinessWeek]]''. 2010-06-02.</ref> it includes 15 factories,<ref name="Economist-Foxconn">[http://www.economist.com/business-finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16231588 "Suicides at Foxconn: Light and Death"]. ''[[The Economist]]''. 2010-05-27.</ref> worker dormitories, a swimming pool,<ref>[http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/26/apple-and-dell-comment-as-foxconn-ceo-shows-off-the-pool/]. [[Engadget]].</ref> a fire brigade,<ref name=wsj/> its own television network (Foxconn TV)<ref name=wsj/>, and a [[downtown]] complete with a grocery store, bank, restaurants, bookstore, and hospital.<ref name=wsj/> While some workers live in surrounding towns and villages, others live and work inside the complex,<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/weekinreview/20barboza.html "A Night at the Electronics Factory"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. 2010-06-19.</ref>; a quarter of the employees live in the dormitories, and many of them work 12-hour days for 6 days each week, for under US$17 per day.<ref name="Duhigg"/>

The Chinese government subsidizes companies in developing industries, which has contributed to [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s contracts with Chinese industry such as Foxconn, as has a readily available Chinese supply chain<ref name="Duhigg"/> within a well developed industrial cluster.<ref name="Krugman">{{cite news |title=Chinese Manufacturing and the Auto Bailout |first=Paul |last=Krugman |url=http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/chinese-manufacturing-and-the-auto-bailout/ |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 24, 2012 |accessdate=January 27, 2012}}</ref> In addition, Apple executives said that Apple uses Foxconn and similar Chinese companies because their employees are more flexible, diligent, and skilled than American workers, and are willing to work harder. For example, according to a former executive, Apple delivered to Foxconn glass phone screens, redesigned from the phone's original plastic screen on short notice prior to the iPhone's original release in 2007. 8,000 workers rose from the Foxconn dormitories in the middle of the night to install the screens into the phone frames. Assisted by Chinese industrial engineers, production each day reached 10,000 phones after eight days, a pace that a former Apple executive stated could not be achieved in the United States.<ref name="Duhigg"/>


Planned factories include sites at [[Chengdu]] in [[Sichuan|Sichuan province]], [[Wuhan]] in [[Hubei|Hubei province]], and [[Zhengzhou]] in [[Henan|Henan province]].<ref name=probase>"Struggle for Foxconn Girl Who Wanted To Die". Mimi Lau in Wuhan, Hubei. ''[[South China Morning Post]]''. 2010-12-15.</ref>
Planned factories include sites at [[Chengdu]] in [[Sichuan|Sichuan province]], [[Wuhan]] in [[Hubei|Hubei province]], and [[Zhengzhou]] in [[Henan|Henan province]].<ref name=probase>"Struggle for Foxconn Girl Who Wanted To Die". Mimi Lau in Wuhan, Hubei. ''[[South China Morning Post]]''. 2010-12-15.</ref>
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*[[Panasonic]] (Japan)
*[[Panasonic]] (Japan)
*[[Philips]] (Netherlands)
*[[Philips]] (Netherlands)
*[[Samsung]] (South Korea)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all|title=In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad|publisher=New York Times|date=2012-01-25}}</ref>
*[[Sharp Corporation|Sharp]] (Japan)
*[[Sharp Corporation|Sharp]] (Japan)
*[[Sony]] (Japan)
*[[Sony Ericsson]] (Japan/Sweden)<ref name="reutersthree"/>
*[[Sony Ericsson]] (Japan/Sweden)<ref name="reutersthree"/>
*[[Toshiba]] (Japan)
*[[Toshiba]] (Japan)
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
* Duhigg, Charles; Bradsher, Keith, [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html "How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work"], ''The New York Times'', January 21, 2012
* [[Charles Duhigg|Duhigg, Charles]]; Barboza, David, [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?_r=1&hp "Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad"], ''The New York Times'', January 25, 2012


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 23:29, 27 January 2012

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
(trading as Foxconn)
Company typePublic
TWSE: 2317
SEHK: 2038
LSE: HHPD
Nasdaq: HNHPF
IndustryElectronics manufacturing services
Founded1974
Headquarters
Tucheng District, New Taipei
,
Taiwan
Area served
Global
Key people
Terry Gou (Chairman and President)
ProductsVarious
RevenueUS$59.32 billion (2010)[1]
Decrease 4.1% from 2008
US$2.2 billion (2010)[1]
Increase 31.1% from 2008
Number of employees
920,000+ (2010)[2]
Websitefoxconn.com

Foxconn Technology Group (traditional Chinese: 富士康科技集團; simplified Chinese: 富士康科技集团) is a multinational electronics manufacturing business group anchored by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 鴻海精密工業股份有限公司; LSE: HHPD), a Taiwan-registered corporation headquartered in Tucheng, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is the world's-largest maker of electronic components[3] including printed circuit boards.[4]

Foxconn clients include American, European and Japanese companies. Notable products which the company manufactures include the Amazon Kindle, iPad,[5] iPhone,[6] PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. Foxconn is the largest exporter in Greater China and the second-largest in the Czech Republic.[7]

Foxconn has been involved in several controversies– most relating to how it manages employees in China, where it is the largest private employer.[8] International attention has repeatedly been drawn to the suicides of workers and the conditions of employment.

History

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. was founded in 1974 as a manufacturer of electrical components (notably electrical connectors for computer components,[6] which found use in the Atari 2600).[9] Foxconn originated as a trade name of Hon Hai, later becoming a Hon Hai subsidiary.[6]

Hon Hai's first manufacturing plant in mainland China opened in Longhua, Shenzhen, in 1988.[6]

In 2011, Foxconn and Amazon formed a joint-design manufacturing company. The move was meant to produce an Amazon-branded smartphone sometime in 2012.[10]

Operations

Foxconn currently has factories in Asia, Europe and South America, which together assemble around 40 percent of consumer electronics products in the world.[11]

China

Foxconn has 13 factories in nine Chinese cities, more than in any other country.[12]

Foxconn's largest factory worldwide is in Longhua, Shenzhen, where hundreds of thousands of workers (varying counts include 230,000[11], 300,000[13], and 450,000[2]) are employed at the Longhua Science & Technology Park, a walled campus[6] sometimes referred to as "Foxconn City"[14] or "iPod City".[15] Covering about 1.16 square miles (3 square km),[16] it includes 15 factories,[14] worker dormitories, a swimming pool,[17] a fire brigade,[6] its own television network (Foxconn TV)[6], and a downtown complete with a grocery store, bank, restaurants, bookstore, and hospital.[6] While some workers live in surrounding towns and villages, others live and work inside the complex,[18]; a quarter of the employees live in the dormitories, and many of them work 12-hour days for 6 days each week, for under US$17 per day.[11]

The Chinese government subsidizes companies in developing industries, which has contributed to Apple's contracts with Chinese industry such as Foxconn, as has a readily available Chinese supply chain[11] within a well developed industrial cluster.[19] In addition, Apple executives said that Apple uses Foxconn and similar Chinese companies because their employees are more flexible, diligent, and skilled than American workers, and are willing to work harder. For example, according to a former executive, Apple delivered to Foxconn glass phone screens, redesigned from the phone's original plastic screen on short notice prior to the iPhone's original release in 2007. 8,000 workers rose from the Foxconn dormitories in the middle of the night to install the screens into the phone frames. Assisted by Chinese industrial engineers, production each day reached 10,000 phones after eight days, a pace that a former Apple executive stated could not be achieved in the United States.[11]

Planned factories include sites at Chengdu in Sichuan province, Wuhan in Hubei province, and Zhengzhou in Henan province.[12]

Europe

A Foxconn factory in the Czech Republic

Foxconn currently has factories in Slovakia[8] and the Czech Republic.[7]

India

Foxconn has an operation in the Special Economic Zone of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[20]

Mexico

Foxconn has a facility in San Jerónimo, Chihuahua which assembles computers,[21] and two facilities in Juárez – a former Motorola production base which manufactures mobile phones,[22] and a set-top box factory acquired from Cisco Systems.[23] LCD televisions are also made in the country by Foxconn.[24]

Brazil

All existing and currently planned company facilities in South America are located in Brazil,[25] including mobile-phone factories in Manaus and Indaiatuba as well as production bases in Jundiai, Sorocaba, and Santa Rita do Sapucaí.[26] The company is considering more investments in Brazil.[8]

Major customers

Foxconn manufactures products for companies including:

(country of headquarters in parentheses)

Controversies

Allegations of employee mistreatment

Allegations of employee mistreatment have been made on a number of occasions. News reports highlight the long working hours,[14][16] discrimination against mainland Chinese workers by their Taiwanese co-workers,[32] and lack of working relationships at the company.[33]

In 2006, the Daily Mail accused it of abusive employment practices.[34] Although Foxconn was found to be compliant in the majority of areas when Apple audited the maker of its iPods and iPhones,[6] the audit did substantiate a few of the allegations.[35]

Suicides

Main article: Foxconn suicides

Sun Danyong, a 25-year-old male, committed suicide in July 2009 after reporting the loss of an iPhone 4[36] prototype in his possession.[37]

In reaction to a spate of worker suicides where fourteen died in 2010,[31] a report by twenty Chinese universities described Foxconn factories as labour camps and detailed widespread worker abuse and illegal overtime.[38] In response to the suicides, Foxconn installed suicide-prevention netting at some facilities,[34] and it promised to offer substantially higher wages at its Shenzhen production bases.[39] Workers were also forced to sign a legally binding document guaranteeing that they would not sue the company as a result of self-injury or suicide.[40]

Protests

In January 2012, 150 workers in Wuhan threatened to commit mass suicide because of worsening work conditions.[41] The employees had asked for a raise but were told they could either quit with compensation or keep their jobs with no raise. The employees quit, but did not receive their compensation.[42]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Foxcon Plans To Increase China Workforce to 1.3 Million". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2010-8-19. Retrieved 2010-8-19. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  3. ^
  4. ^ Buetow, Mike (March 2010). "The Trials of 2009". circuitsassembly.com.
  5. ^ "Apple Adding More iPad Production Lines To Meet Holiday and 2011 Demand". San Francisco Chronicle. 2010-11-23.
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  7. ^ a b "About Foxconn: Group Profile". Foxconn Technology Group.
  8. ^ a b c "Foxconn Says Looking at Investment Opportunities in Brazil". Reuters. 2011-04-13.
  9. ^ Balfour, Frederik; Culpan, Tim (2010-09-09)."Everything Is Made by Foxconn in Future Evoked by Gou's Empire". Bloomberg News.
  10. ^ Clarke, Peter (2011-11-21)."Report: Amazon Asks Foxconn for Smartphone Help". EE Times. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
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  12. ^ a b "Struggle for Foxconn Girl Who Wanted To Die". Mimi Lau in Wuhan, Hubei. South China Morning Post. 2010-12-15.
  13. ^ "Firm Shaken by Suicides". Los Angeles Times. 2010-05-26.
  14. ^ a b c "Suicides at Foxconn: Light and Death". The Economist. 2010-05-27.
  15. ^ *"iPod City: Apple Criticized for Factory Conditions". arstechnica.com. 2006-06-12.
  16. ^ a b "Foxconn Workers in China Say 'Meaningless' Life Sparks Suicides". BusinessWeek. 2010-06-02.
  17. ^ [1]. Engadget.
  18. ^ "A Night at the Electronics Factory". The New York Times. 2010-06-19.
  19. ^ Krugman, Paul (January 24, 2012). "Chinese Manufacturing and the Auto Bailout". New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  20. ^ ""Trade Union Leaders and Workers at Foxconn India Imprisoned". 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  21. ^ Business Weekly http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/print-edition/2011/12/09/foxconn-spinoff-effect-has-santa.html?page=all. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ^ "Foxconn: Arson at Mexico Plant Work of Angry Ex-Employee". PC World. 2010-02-22.
  23. ^ "Citigroup Likes Hon Hai's Purchase of Set-Top Box Plant". Taipei Times. 2011-07-20.
  24. ^ "Foxconn Denies Plans To Acquire Sony LCD TV Factory in Spain". Ninelu Tu; Adam Hwang. DigiTimes. 2010-07-09.
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  26. ^ [clarification needed] Fávaro, Tatiana (2011-04-24). "Filial no Brasil acusada de pressão no trabalho" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2011-06-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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  28. ^ a b "Foxconn Option for Henan's Migrating Millions: A New Factory in Zhengzhou. He Huifeng. South China Morning Post. 2010-09-15. p. 8.
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  30. ^ "In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad". New York Times. 2012-01-25.
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