Foxconn makes electronics for a variety of international clients, most notable Apple.
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Apple has received a lot of criticism for its partnership with Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn, mostly due to complaints about factory conditions.
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Foxconn is the world's biggest contract electronics maker and Apple is one of its biggest clients.
And yes it is partly because Apple assembles in China, because Foxconn marshalls 1.3 million people to build electronics.
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Last week, the FLA released its latest report card on the labor practices of Foxconn, which is the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer by revenue.
Last week, the FLA released its latest report card on the labor practices of Foxconn, which is the world's biggest contract-electronics manufacturer by revenue.
Foxconn, in its growing heft as the world's largest electronics contract company, was also getting more difficult for Apple to control, with incidents such as changing component sourcing without notifying Apple, people familiar with the matter said.
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Well, we know that some 230, 000 Foxconn employees make Apple products, the rest of the 1 million manufacturing for other electronics companies.
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Although little known in the West until a spate of factory suicides in 2009 brought the company notoriety, Foxconn makes components, parts and assembles devices for many of the world's largest electronics companies including Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Elsewhere, LG Electronics added 3.9% and Kia Motors advanced 2.1% in Seoul, Foxconn International Holdings jumped 5.2% in Hong Kong, and Hon Hai Precision Industry climbed 2.2% in Taipei.
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