According to a new report, Foxconn is planning a special offer that will promote the resumption of its production for iPhones in China. The manufacturing company will essentially reward 3,000 Yuan (or roughly 428 US Dollars) to its returning employees.
For those unaware, the Chinese government had put a halt on almost all manufacturing facilities within the country after the recent Coronavirus outbreak. The virus is highly contagious and can spread via air as well, causing the government to shut down busy places like factories in the nearby regions. The new breed of Coronavirus has been a cause for major alarm in the country but the production lines are finally seeing a resumption in their operations.
Reportedly, Foxconn, who is a major supplier of iPhones for Apple, is planning on bringing back its production capacity in a staggered manner. Meaning, the company is first starting with 50 percent of maximum production capacity before moving forward. According to official plans, the production capacity will rise to 80 percent by the end of just February 2020 in mainland China.
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To supplement this sudden resume in operations, Foxconn has devised a return incentive award for its employees that had previously worked with the company. The primary purpose of this is to attract the workers that had to leave due to the unavoidable closure to maintain consistency with previous standards and keep up with the manufacturing deadlines as well.
For Foxconn, reigniting its factory in the Zhengzhou region is crucial since its an important production line for the iPhone series. This region might also be the place where the company is assembling the highly anticipated iPhone SE 2 smartphone for Apple. The Cupertino based giant is expected to launch an affordable iPhone by March end, explaining Foxconn’s hurry in resuming operations. Notably, the company has already outsourced some of its production work to its overseas plants in other regions like Taiwan and India, but these plants suffer from a “limited capacity.”
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