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COMPANY OVERVIEW

Foxconn Technology group

- a Taiwanese multinational
electronics contract manufacturing company

Founded on 20th February, 1974. ( 41 YEARS AGO )

Parent company

Headquarters No.2 tsu-yu street , Tucheng., New Taipei city

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd

, Taiwan.

Number of employees 1.061 million (as of December 31,

2014)

Revenue in 2014 $139 billion with a year-on-year increase of

6.6%

It is the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, and the thirdlargest information technology company by revenue.
Its major clients include American, European and Japanese electronics
and information technology companies.
provides electronic manufacturing services for computers,
communications, and consumer electronic products.
The Company's business operations include desktop and notebook PC
assembly, connector production, cable assembly, PCB assembly, handset
manufacturing, networking equipment, and other consumer electronic
devices manufacturing.
Notable products that the company manufactures include the
BlackBerry, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, PlayStation
4, Xbox One, and Wii U.
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TRADING
NAME

FOXCONN

TYPE

PUBLIC

INDUSTRY

ELECTRONICS

AREA SERVED

GLOBAL

FOUNDER

TERRY GOU

PRODUCTS

ELECTRONICS,
ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS

SERVICES
REVENUE
KEY PEOPLE

ELECTRONIC
MANUFACTURING
SERVICES
US$ 139 BILLION
(2014)
TERRY GOU
(CHARIMAN AND
PRESIDENT)

HISTORY

The industry was founded in 1974 by Torry Gou as a manufacturer of

electrical components.
Foxconn was originally a trade name of Hon Hai and a subsidiary
later received the name.
Hon Hai's first manufacturing plant in mainland China opened in
Longhua, Shenzhen, in 1988.
1996 started the production of PCs enclosures
The company continued their rapid growth which included desktop
PCs, video games and othermobile hand-held devices
1998 Foxconn established additional electronic manufacturing
facilities in Scotland and the United Kingdom
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In 2001, Intel concentrated on its core competency of

chip making and began using Chinese contract
manufacturers such as Foxconn to make intel
branded motherboards.
In 2005 ,

Its overseas subsidiary Foxconn International Holdings

Ltd. was listed in Hong Kong and
Foxconn became a member of Electronic Industry
Code of Conduct (EICC), dedicated to promoting
corporate social and environmental responsibilities

FOXCONN IN 2014

Ranked first among the top 1000 Taiwan

enterprises for the nine consecutive years.

Ranked 32nd among Fortune Global 500.

Ranked 139th among Fortune Global 2000.

PRODUCTS OF FOXCONN

Coolers

Motherboards

E-Bot

LCD Monitors

Nano PC Barebones

Desktop Barebones

Chassis

Power Suppliers
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MAJOR CUSTOMERS

Major customers of Foxconn have included:-

1. Google(United States)
2. Sony(Japan)
3. Apple Inc.(United States)
4. Amazon.com (United States)
5. Acer Inc.(Taiwan)
6. Blackberry Ltd(Canada)
7. Dell(United States)
8. Toshiba(Japan)
9. Nokia(Finland)
10.Microsoft(United States)
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OPERATIONS

Foxconn has factories in Asia, Europe, Mexico and Brazil that together
assemble around 40% of all consumer electronics products sold.
The company majorly operates in:-

1. China
2. India
3. United States
4. Brazil
5. Australia
6. Europe
7. Mexico
8. Malaysia
9. South Korea
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CHINA

Foxconn has 12 factories in 9

Chinese cities(more than any
other country).
Foxconns largest factory
worldwide is in Longhua,
Shenzhen.
Foxconn continues to expand,
and planned factories include
sites at Chengdu in
Sichuan province and Wuhan in
Hubei province.
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AUSTRALIA

The manufacturing facility and

warehouse are strategically
located west of Sydney for easy
access to road, rail, sea and air
transport.

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BRAZIL

All company facilities in South

America are located in Brazil.
T
hese include mobile phone
factories in Manaus and
Indaiatuba as well as
production bases in Jundiai,
Sorocaba, and
Santa Rita do Sapuca.
The company is considering
more investments in Brazil.
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EUROPE

Foxconn has factories in

Hungary, Slovakia,Turkey and
the Czech Republic.
Foxconn opened the new plant
in Kutna Hora, used for
manufacturing of servers and
data centres.
In 2008, Foxconn opened the
new plant in Kutna Hora, used
for manufacturing of servers
and data centres.
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INDIA

Foxconn has operational units since

2006 in the Special Economic Zone
of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. This unit is
closed as of December 24, 2014
which affected 22000 employees.
It is in talks to manufacture Apple
iPhones in India.
In 2015 Foxconn would be setting
up twelve factories in India.
Foxconn will invest in India in
manufacturing, energy and ecommerce sectors in 2015.
Foxconn will be setting up another
plant in Maharashtra.
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JAPAN

Foxconn and Sharp Corporation

jointly run two plants
manufacturing large-screen
televisions in Sakai, Osaka.
In August 2012, it was reported
that Sharp, while doing
corporate restructuring and
downsizing, was considering
selling the plants to Foxconn,
which was believed to be
receptive to the plan.
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MEXICO

Foxconn has a facility in

San Jernimo, Chihuahua that
assembles computers, and two
facilities in Jurez a former
Motorola production base that
manufactures mobile
phones,and a set-top box
factory acquired from
Cisco Systems.
LCD televisions are also made
in the country by Foxconn in a
plant acquired from Sony.
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UNITED STATES
Foxconn has a facility in
Indianapolis.
In December 2013, Foxconn
announced plans to invest $30
million over two years to build a
manufacturing facility in
Pennsylvania, as well as putting $10
million into R&D at Carnegie Mellon
University.
The new facility will be located in
Harrisburg and will develop robotic
equipment.
As of July 2015, the investments had
not been made.

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SOUTH KOREA

The company invested $377

million in June 2014 to pick up
a 4.9 percent shareholding in
South Korean IT services
provider SK C&C.

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MALAYSIA

As of 2011, Foxconn had at least

seven factories in Johor state,
possibly at Kulaijaya, where it is
developing an industrial park
that will include four factories
once completed.

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SWOT ANALYSIS

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THE CONTROVERSY

Employee overtime

Long working hours

Low salaries

Harsh working conditions

Constant monitoring

Subdued human interactions

Cold and rude management culture

No personal space

Forced overtime

The threat of being yelled at , the

prohibition to speak.
Health related issues due to poor factory
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conditions.

FOXCONN SUICIDES

Foxconn city industrial park in

Shenzhen, China in 2010.
18 employees attempted suicide
out of which 14 died and 4
survived.
Those who died were young
workers aged between 17-25
years.
Since 2013 the suicides have
relatively decreased.
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RESPONSE OF FOXCONN

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MEASURES TO PREVENT SUICIDES

Foxconn raised the salary for

monthly workers to CNY 1200
(USD 190).

Overtime work control

Safety mesh and wire net

Care centres

Psychological tests for new

workers

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LATEST NEWS ON
FOXCONN

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Foxconn CEO wants to open 10-12 centres in India,

create 1 Million jobs by 2020.
IPhone maker Foxconn to build the first Apple plant in
India.
Increase in the number of employees for the timely
production of iPhone 6c.
Tamil Nadu asks Foxconn to revive Chennai plant.
Oppo in talks in Foxconn to start smartphone
manufacturing in India.

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Japans Sharp reportedly in talks with Foxconn on Tie-Up.

Adani in talks with Foxconn, SoftBank on $3 Billion solar plant.

Foxconn shuts down echoes in Tamil Nadu Assembly.

Foxconn, Alibaba and Softbank invest $500 Million in Snapdeal.

Xiaomi ties up with Foxconn to assemble mobiles in India.

Foxconn looking to open factories in every Indian state, says

chairman.
InFocus partners Foxconn to manufacture televisions and
phones in India.

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