TAIPEI (Reuters) – Apple’s main iPhone maker Foxconn (2317.TW) got the green light on Monday to reopen two major plants in China closed because of the coronavirus and aims to resume production even though only 10% of the workforce has returned so far, a source told Reuters.
Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, got approval to resume work at factories in the eastern central Chinese city of Zhengzhou and in the southern manufacturing hub Shenzhen, the person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
The two factories together make up the bulk of Foxconn’s assembly lines for Apple’s (AAPL.O) iPhones and any further delays to production following the enforced closures are likely to hit global shipments.
“As a matter of policy and for reasons of commercial sensitivity, we do not comment on our specific production initiatives,” Foxconn said in a statement to Reuters.
In Zhengzhou, about 16,000 people, or less than 10% of the workforce, had returned to…
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