Foxconn

It’s Basically Official: Foxconn Is Making Screens For iWatches

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:43 GMT

Source: www.2oceansvibe.com --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The rumour mill seems to be working overtime for the Apple iWatch. Is it happening? Isn’t it happening? When will it happen? This is the latest, Foxconn (Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturing company) is already building the iWatch and with an OLED display. Reports are suggesting that the display screen is OLED (organic light-emitting diode), which in theory provides better power consumption and may do something for Apple’s reputation for being known for using LCD IPS displays. Maybe this means that Apple is making a move from its traditional LCD displays. With Android smartwatches using OLED displays successfully, it would seem likely that Apple would use this display rather than the poor quality e-links display on the Pebble. Economic Daily News are sugessting that Apple is indeed using OLED displays as a trial for the iWatch. A possible reason for the switch of the screen displays, is that OPED has touch sensors already baked into the glass, significantly better than having a seperate multi touch layer. These displays have been manufactured by RiTdisplay in Taiwan. Another report from the same publication, has said that Foxconn has already received orders for the iWatch. Not bulk orders but rather “small-scale trial testing.” So it seems Apple and Foxconn are manufacturing the iWatch as a trial basis. To further fuel the rumour, Apple hired a senior OLED expert at the beginning of this year. But remember t ...

Foxconn begins trial production of Apple's iWatch, report claims

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:00 GMT

Source: www.macworld.co.uk --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Apple manufacturer Foxconn has reportedly begun trial production of the rumoured iWatch, while Apple is busy testing 1.5 in OLED touch panels for use with the device. ...

iWatch Akan Berlayar 1,5 Inci, OLED Display dan Dirakit Oleh Foxconn

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:52:35 GMT

Source: www.makemac.com --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Ilustrasi iWatch Satu lagi rumor yang berkembang mengenai proyek misterius Apple, iWatch. Rumor ini kali ini berkembang dari 2 situs yakni Mackotara dan Taiwan Economic Daily. Berdasarkan laporan dari Mackotara , diketahui Apple telah menguji iWatch dengan ukuran layar 1,8 inci tapi, karena dirasa terlalu besar, akhirnya Apple memutuskan untuk menggunakan layar 1,5 inci untuk iWatch. Apple sendiri menggunakan layar berteknologi OLED atau Organic Light Emitting Diode untuk iWatch, buatan RiTdisplay dari Taiwan. RiTdisplay dipilih Apple karena solusinya dalam menghadirkan one-glass-solution touch sensor buat iWatch. Dengan solusi tersebut, dapat dipastikan apabila ukuran iWatch nantinya akan tipis sekali. Apple juga diketahui bahwa selama ini, mereka sudah tertarik dengan teknologi OLED display karena konsumsi dayanya yang rendah. Dan penyematannya buat iWatch sepertinya adalah langkah yang sangat tepat mengingat sebuah jam tangan, harusnya bisa terus aktif dalam jangka waktu yang relatif lama. Laporan kedua yang berasal dari Taiwan Economic Daily menyebutkan bahwa Foxconn, partner perakit produk Apple sejak lama yang akan membuka pabriknya di Indonesia dalam waktu dekat ini, telah meneken kontrak dengan Apple untuk perakitan iWatch. Namun tidak dalam jumlah yang banyak, Economic Daily menyebutkan bahwa untuk awal, Foxconn akan memasuki tahap “small-scale trial production”, dan hanya akan membuat ribuan iWatch saja. Semakin panas s ...

Reports: 3 More Foxconn Employees Commit Suicide

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:11:14 GMT

Source: www.ecoustics.com --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Suicide continues to plague Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant best known for making Apple products. At least two Foxconn workers, and one prospective employee, have fallen to their deaths in Zhengzhou, China over the last 20 days, according to various reports. The most recent incident occurred on May 14, when a 30-year-old male from [...] ...

Foxconn продължава да нарушава китайския кодекс на труда

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT

Source: www.mobilebulgaria.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
MobileBulgaria.com: Вниманието към условията на работа в заводите на Foxconn в Китай беше привлечено преди няколко години след самоубийствата на служители на компанията и оттогава обаче не е спирало. Както компанията, така и нейни партньори непрекъснато уверяват потребителите, че ... ...

Three possible suicides at FoxConn factories in China

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:05:34 GMT

Source: www.itwire.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
Three workers at Foxconn factories in China have fallen to their deaths in recent weeks and police are investigating, according to reports. The news follows a disturbing trend of deaths at the Zhengzhou plants, which manufacture parts for Apple, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard. According to China Labour Watch, the first in the latest series of suicides occurred on 24 April when a 24-year-old male worker reportedly jumped to his death from his dorm building. He had been working at the company for just two days. Since then, on 27 April a 23-year-old female worker jumped off the twelfth floor of her apartment building, while in May a 30-year-old worker jumped off a building. In recent months Foxconn has faced increasing criticism over factory safety, working conditions, and living conditions, which were so bad that at one point the company had to implement anti-suicide nets in some of its buildings. Chinese police are investigating the incidents, but Foxconn said the two deaths in Zhengzhou were unrelated to work matters, according to a company internal review. {loadposition dswan}"Suicide is a complex issue," the company said in statement, "there is no one reason that can ever be cited for any such incident." New York-based China Labor Watch also reported that a fourth worker had jumped to his death on April 24 near the company's Zhengzhou campus, but Foxconn said the employee was in fact a 24-year-old man who had only applied for a ...

3 Foxconn Employees Are Said to Have Committed Suicide

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:29:41 GMT

Source: ipzapper.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
The company said there was no indication that the deaths, which occurred away from its factories, were work-related. ...

Police Investigating Three More Apparent Suicides at Foxconn Factories

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:47:39 GMT

Source: hothardware.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
It's been awhile since we've heard about worker suicides taking place at Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision) and we hoped it would stay that way. Unfortunately, it appears that three more individuals may have decided to end their lives, something that has been an ongoing problem at Foxconn amid reports of poor working conditions. These are three separate incidents that occurred within the past four weeks, according to PCWorld . The first occured on April 27 when a worker employed at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou fell to his death. It happened again at the same plant on May 14. In between those two incidents, a worker at Foxconn's Chongqing facility was found dead on May 11. Police are investigating all three incidents, though Foxconn says the two deaths in Zhengzhou had nothing to do with work. "Suicide is a complex issue, there is no one reason that can ever be cited for any such incident," Foxconn said in a statement. These latest incidents come on the heels of an audit by the U.S.-based Fair Labor Association (FLA), which noted "significant progress" in reducing employee working time to 60 hours per week at three separate facilities in Shenzhen and Chengdu. However, Foxconn's goal is to reduce that number to 49 hours, which it hopes to do by July of this year. Foxconn employs over 1.2 million people in China. The company manufacturers electronic devices for Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and several other well known companies. One w ...

Foxconn reports three possible suicides at factories in China

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

Source: www.macworld.co.uk --- Monday, May 20, 2013
Three workers at Foxconn factories in China have fallen to their deaths in recent weeks and police are investigating, according to the company. ...

Three suicides at Zhengzhou Foxconn

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:49:21 GMT

Source: evertiq.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
Questions about working conditions EMS-giant Foxconn are being raised once again as non-profit organization China Labor Watch reports on three worker suicides in the last 20 days. ...

Foxconn reels from fresh spate of suicides

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT

Source: www.thetimes.co.uk --- Monday, May 20, 2013
The suicides of two employees at Foxconn, which makes Apple devices, in the past month have cast a renewed spotlight... ...

More Foxconn suicides reported

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:37:09 GMT

Source: www.techeye.net --- Monday, May 20, 2013
Just as it seemed the Foxconn suicide saga was winding down, reports have emerged that three more workers have killed themselves over the past three weeks. According to China Labour Watch, the first in the latest series of suicides occurred on 24 April, when a 24-year-old male worker reportedly jumped to his death off a dorm building. Apparently he had been working at Foxconn for just two days. On 27 April, a 23-year-old female worker jumped off the twelfth floor of her apartment building. The latest suicide came in May, when a 30-year-old worker jumped off a building. He had been working at the factory for just three weeks. Foxconn has faced previous criticism over factory safety, working conditions, and living conditions, which were so bad that at one point the company resorted to installing anti-suicide nets on some of its buildings. China Labour Watch reports that at least some of the latest suicides may have been the result of relationship problems rather than horrid working conditions. ...

Foxconn and 'A tale of a union'

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:35:00 GMT

Source: evertiq.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
A recent report conducted by a group of scholars and students from China and Hong Kong, the group claims that the high enrolment rate of Foxconn union is just window-dressing. ...

New suicides reported at Foxconn China factory

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:19 GMT

Source: www.marketwatch.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Three workers at a Foxconn Technology Group factory in Zhengzhou, China, have killed themselves over the past three weeks, Agence France-Presse reported Saturday, citing state media and a labor-rights group. The reported deaths -- involving a 30-year-old married man, a 23-year-old woman and 24-year-old man -- revive the specter of a wave of suicides that have struck the firm's Chinese workforce in recent years. Following the suicide deaths of at least 13 Chinese workers at its plants in 2010, Taiwan's Foxconn instituted reforms, including significant pay raises. Shares of Foxconn Group companies fell on Monday following the news. Hong Kong-listed Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. lost 1.8%, while in Taipei, Foxconn Technology Co. lost 0.3%, and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. dropped 0.6%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news. ...

Labor group says Apple making progress at Foxconn

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:22:00 GMT

Source: www.keprtv.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
A labor group Apple Inc. joined to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China, where its products are made, says conditions are improving. But employees are still working more hours than the country's legal limit. ...

Bunuh Diri di Pabrik Foxconn Masih Berlanjut

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:15:00 GMT

Source: inet.detik.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
Satu lagi karyawan Foxconn yang melakukan aksi bunuh diri dengan cara melompat dari bangunan pabrik. Aksi mengenaskan ini ternyata masih berlanjut meski perbaikan kondisi kerja telah dilakukan. ...