Foxconn notebook team reportedly shift to Compal

Jul 20, 15:45

Foxconn's R&D team of 100-200 staff responsible for developing Dell notebooks have reportedly left and joined Compal Electronics due to Foxconn making adjustments in its notebook...

Cisco announces transfer of Juarez, Mexico manufacturing operation to Foxconn

Jul 19, 16:02

Cisco has announced an agreement with Foxconn Technology Group for the sale of its manufacturing facility in Juarez, Mexico. The agreement is another step in Cisco's efforts to streamline...

Panasonic outsources small volume of DSC production to Foxconn in 2H11

Jul 19, 01:35

Facing pressure from dropping prices and competition of smartphones and DSLR cameras, digital still camera (DSC) brand vendor Panasonic has outsourced a small volume of its DSC orders...

Foxconn reportedly considering ECS acquisition

Jul 19, 01:30

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly is considering to acquire motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer...

Sharp, Foxconn to set up joint venture

Jul 18, 10:41

Sharp and Foxconn have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in Taiwan by the end of 2011, with each to hold a 50% stake, mainly for joint procurement of components for...

Foxconn reportedly lands 10.1-inch tablet PC orders from Amazon

Jul 14, 10:49

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reportedly landed orders for 10.1-inch tablet PCs from Amazon with shipments to begin in 2012, while Quanta Computer has begun...

Pegatron unlikely to share iPad orders with Foxconn in 2011

Jul 13, 16:52

Pegatron Technology is expected to land orders for at least 10 million units of iPhone 5 (or iPhone 4S) but is unlikely to share iPad orders with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision...

HP aims to ship 12 million notebook in 3Q11, say sources

Jul 13, 16:13

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has reportedly demanded its Taiwan-based suppliers be ready to ship 12 million notebooks in the third quarter of 2011, according to industry sources. If realized,...

Apple likely to add contractor for iPad

Jul 11, 15:01

Apple reportedly plans to add a second manufacturer for iPad 3 tablet PCs in addition to Foxconn Electronics with Taiwan-based Quanta Computer and Pegatron Technology being indicated...

Foxconn revenues increase in June

Jul 11, 10:06

Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) had non-consolidated revenues of NT$228.401 billion (US$7.9 billion) for June growing by 13.88% on month and by 15.70%...

Laser Tek June sales up 60%

Jul 8, 01:30

Laser Tek, a supplier of surface-mount-device (SMD) packaging materials and semiconductor equipment, has reported NT$325 million (US$11.3 million) in consolidated revenues for June...

Foxconn to establish Cybermart IT mall in Taiwan

Jul 7, 01:45

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will start establishing buildings for the Taipei IT mall project on July 11 with company chairman Terry Guo to attend the groundbreaking...

Foxconn announces plans to expand investments in China subsidiaries

Jul 5, 01:40

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced it will increase its investments in its subsidiaries in...

Taiwan notebook ODMs see slight sequential shipment growth in 2Q11

Jul 5, 01:30

Taiwan-based notebook makers, facing an impact from Japan's earthquake, competition from tablet vendors and the fact brand vendor significantly cleared inventory, saw their notebook...

HP, Acer, Asustek to raise supply proportion from Chongqing in 2H11

Jun 30, 01:30

Global notebook brand vendors Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer are set to significantly increase their notebook supply proportions from Chongqing, China in the second half of 2011 with...

Chimei to expand marketing in China through Foxconn, VST

Jun 29, 11:41

Chimei, a Taiwan-based display product brand belonging to the Chimei Innolux (CMI) Group, will expand its marketing of LED-backlit LCD monitors and home-use LED lighting products...

Chicony starts development of production base in western China

Jun 29, 01:10

Taiwan-based EMS provider Chicony Electronics on June 28 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its production base in Chongqing City, western China, with production in the first phase...

Foxconn reportedly hires Unimicron executive to expand substrate business

Jun 24, 01:10

The Foxconn (Hon Hai) Group has hired Chu-Ching Hu, who in May resigned as head of Unimicron Technology's IC substrate division, to lead the substrate business unit of Foxconn Advanced...

Foxconn sets to establish new business facilities in Nanning, China

Jun 21, 15:48

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), at a recent business meeting, pointed out that the company has jointly planned an investment project with the local government of...

Foxconn restructuring computer business group

Jun 20, 15:12

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly restructuring its CMMSG (computer module move and service group) and may relocate up to 20-30% of the group's workforce...

Battery maker AcBel to benefit from cloud computing opportunity

Jun 16, 01:45

Taiwan-based battery maker AcBel expects its revenues to see a double-digit percentage growth in 2011, benefiting from cloud computing driving demand for server power supplies, according...

Intel new server platform expected to start large replacement trend

Jun 14, 01:15

Intel is set to launch a new server platform Romley in the third quarter of 2011 with social network websites such as Google and Facebook all planning to upgrade their servers by...

Foxconn May revenues down sequentially due to accident at Chengdu plant

Jun 13, 09:58

Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) had non-consolidated revenues of NT$200.561 billion (US$6.95 billion) for May dropping 2.14% on month due to the impact of an explosion at its...

China market: Cybermart to open new shop in Zhengzhou

Jun 10, 10:12

Cybermart, the Foxconn Group's retail chain in China, has signed a contract to buy a commercial complex with total floor space of 42,800 square meter (460,695 square foot) in Zhengzhou...

Foxconn prepares 5-year plan to boost its performance

Jun 9, 16:23

Taiwan-based electronic manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo, in response to investors' questions about the company...

Foxconn unveils plans to enter solar industry in 2H11

Jun 9, 10:36

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is set to expand into the solar business in the second half of 2011, the company announced at its annual shareholders meeting on June...

Foxconn will not quit notebook manufacturing, says company chairman

Jun 9, 02:10

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo, at a recent investors meeting, stated that Foxconn...

Foxconn subsidiary in Korea axes 86% of employees, says paper

Newswatch - May 27, 16:26

FIHTK, a subsidiary of Foxconn Group in Korea, is confirmed to have cut about 240 employees from the company's total of 280 employees. FIHTK's president even came out to apologize,...

CMI developing touch sensors for tablet PCs, say sources

May 27, 15:19

Chimei Innolux (CMI), after signing an IPS (in-plane switching) technology licensing agreement with Hitachi recently, has also begun the development of touch sensors aiming to start...

Foxconn Chengdu plant employee commits suicide, says paper

Newswatch - May 27, 15:18

A male employee at Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) plant in Chendgu, China, has committed suicide by jumping from the roof of his apartment, according to a Chinese-language...

Foxconn reportedly lays off CDMA R&D staff in Korea

May 27, 14:44

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly has laid off over 80% of its 280 employees from its CDMA handset design subsidiary Foxconn International Holdings Technology...

Digitimes Insight: Apple competitors may not benefit from Foxconn explosion

May 25, 17:02

The explosion at Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) plant in Chengdu, China on May 20 may impact shipments of iPad 2 in the short term, but since Apple still has...

Production of half-million iPads at risk from Foxconn plant explosion, says IHS iSuppli

May 24, 13:49

The explosion at Foxconn's plant in Chengdu, China, could result in a production loss of 500,000 Apple iPad 2 tablets in the second quarter, according to a new analysis from IHS iSuppli...