TAIPEI — Sharp Chairman and CEO Tai Jeng-wu has resigned from the board of Taiwanese parent company Foxconn, the group said Monday, as he looks to concentrate on the Osaka-based electronics manufacturer. “I would like to focus on developing the global market at Sharp,” Tai said in explaining his resignation as […]
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Apple urges ambitious Chinese supplier to challenge Foxconn
TAIPEI — Apple has advised one of its Chinese AirPods assemblers to make a major investment in an iPhone and MacBook metal casing provider, a move the California tech titan hopes will create a formidable alternative to another of its longtime suppliers, Taiwan’s Foxconn, multiple sources told the Nikkei Asian Review. […]
Foxconn to mass produce ventilators in Wisconsin from May
TAIPEI — Taiwanese iPhone assembler Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer, will begin producing ventilators in the U.S. to help alleviate a shortage there, the company said Wednesday, as COVID-19 rages across the country. It will team up with Minnesota-based medical device company Medtronic to make the ventilators at its […]