• Foxconn's plant in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou now operates with nearly 200,000 workers
Foxconn Technology Group has brought the world's biggest iPhone plant up to nearly 90% of projected peak capacity, suggesting Apple Inc's biggest main production partner has hired enough workers despite a Covid resurgence and recent staff upheaval. has been secured.
Foxconn's plant in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou is now operating with about 200,000 workers, the official Henan Daily reported, citing Foxconn executive Vic Wang. This is about normal staffing levels based on previous reports. The representative said that as of December 30, the plant was shipping at 90% of the maximum capacity forecast early last year.
The factory's swift bounce-back bodes well for producing Apple's marquee product during the Lunar New Year shopping season. A nationwide outbreak of COVID-19 has clouded prospects for manufacturers like Foxconn after Beijing suddenly lifted most of its COVID-19 restrictions, which require armies of workers to keep factories running .
The recent outbreak at the Zhengzhou plant, known as iPhone City, has been in turmoil for weeks, which produces the vast majority of high-end iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max devices. In November thousands of workers fled or protested against extreme Covid restrictions – a movement that reverberated across the country. Foxconn last month eliminated most of those restrictions and extended incentives to both new and existing employees.
That unprecedented disruption in turn raised concerns about iPhone production heading into the crucial holiday period. Bloomberg News reported that Apple had at one point lost about 6 million units of iPhone production as a result of that turmoil.
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