Apple’s iPhone maker Foxconn hires enough workers to meet ‘seasonal demand’ for this year’s smartphone after being closed for weeks due to the coronavirus
- Foxconn shut its factories down last month due to the coronavirus outbreak
- The firm re-opened, but only 10% of its staff had returned to work
- Foxconn says it has hired enough workers to meet the iPhone seasonal demand
- The season peaks in July and leads up to the traditional fall release
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The coronavirus forced Apple’s iPhone maker Foxconn to shutdown last month, leading many to believe the tech giant’s next handset would be delayed.
Foxconn has now resumed most of its operations and hired enough staff to meet ‘seasonal demand’, but noted it still ‘has a long way to go’ before returning to full production.’
The iPhone 12 production is set to peak in July ahead of the traditional fall release, reads a report shard by firm, and the Chinese factories should now have an adequate staff to hit these goals.
Prior to the news, the factory resumed operations with only 10 percent of the workforce returning to the facility as a result of quarantines and travel restrictions.
Foxconn has now resumed most of its operations and hired enough staff to meet ‘seasonal demand’, but noted it still ‘has a long way to go’ before returning to full production’
The coronavirus started in Wuhan, China December 2019, and quickly spread throughout the country and then across the globe.
Today there are more than 348,000 cases and the death toll has surpassed 15,000.
Foxconn was given the green light to resume production at its plant in Zhengzhou in mid-February, but only 10 percent or 16,000 employees had returned to work due to quarantine and travel restrictions placed on the country by officials.
But now the future is looking bright for iOS users, as the Chinese firm said it is ready to meet the seasonal demand of the iPhone 12.
The company has also noted it is taking great measures to ensure the health and safety of its employees, as the coronavirus is still running rampant around the world and in China
According to NIKKEI, Foxconn issued statement Sunday night saying recruitment goals have been reached “ahead of schedule at the plants.”
The company has also noted it is taking great measures to ensure the health and safety of its employees, as the coronavirus is still running rampant around the world and in China.
A total of 55,000 workers have received coronavirus tests and over 40,000 people underwent chest X-rays, according to Foxconn.
Although experts had predicted a global shortage of iPhones due to the outbreak, Apple CEO Tim Cook did not lose hope that China would get the virus in their country under control.
The coronavirus started in Wuhan, China December 2019, and quickly spread throughout the country and then across the globe. Today there are more than 348,000 cases and the death toll has surpassed 15,000
‘It feels to me that China is getting the coronavirus under control,’ Cook told Fox Business. ‘You look at the numbers, they’re coming down day by day by day. And so I’m very optimistic there.’
California-based Apple relies heavily on China for its grand-scale product consumption in addition to product production.
Last month, the tech giant sounded the alarm to investors that it did not think it would meet its second quarter financial guidance largely because the coronavirus outbreak in China majorly cut iPhone production.
Apple had reported first quarter revenues of 91.8 billion for the holiday season, but revealed in February that that number would site between $63 billion and $67 billion because of the hurdles they have faced during the coronavirus pandemic.