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| Foxconn assumes that Chinese factories affected |
China's coronavirus-hit Zhengzhou factory is expected to fully resume production in late December or early January after labor unrest crippled the largest factory, a source at Apple's main supplier Foxconn said Monday. iPhone factories in the world.
The Zhengzhou factory under severe restrictions imposed by the Chinese government is struggling to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus and is upset about the conditions imposed on workers at the factory.
Production of Apple's most popular product, the iPhone, was halted ahead of the Christmas holidays in the West and the Lunar New Year celebration in China in January as many workers were forced into quarantine to combat the spread of the virus from escaping factories. . .
Reuters quoted an unnamed source as saying: "The capacity is now being gradually restored as additional staff are still being recruited."
"If the hiring process goes well, it may take about three to four weeks to fully resume production," the source said, referring to the period from late December to early January.
The source also said that Foxconn and the local Chinese government were working hard on the hiring drive, but that many doubts remained as the source expressed "concern" that some workers might work for the company after the plant was hit by protests last month. . , which is sometimes played, becomes violent.
"We did our best in the recruitment process," the source said.
As for Apple, it recently began accelerating the move of some manufacturing outside of China, telling supply chain partners it plans to ramp up assembly in India and Vietnam.