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htmlOn October 31, the person in charge of iDPBG business group , which is responsible for the assembly of Apple mobile phones, said in an interview with the Beijing News Beike Finance reporter that the current epidemic prevention situation in the park is stable and improving, and the restaurants in the park have gradually resumed dine-in from October 29, and can currently guarantee 200,000 free meals a day.Yesterday, the epidemic in the Foxconn Zhengzhou factory attracted attention on social media. Foxconn's parent company Hon Hai stated in a public statement that for some employees who are willing to return home, the park has joined forces with the government to organize personnel and vehicles to provide employees with point-to-point orderly return home services.
As the largest OEM company for Apple mobile phones, , Zhengzhou Foxconn has undertaken the assembly of half of the world's iPhone . The interference of the epidemic has also attracted market attention to the supply of iPhones. Tianfeng International's famous Apple industry chain analyst Kuo Mingchi said that it is expected that Hon Hai will gradually improve production capacity within a few weeks, so this incident has limited impact on iPhone shipments in the fourth quarter of 2022.
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The epidemic in the Foxconn factory is generally controllable, and we will do our best to organize the production of the workshop without epidemics.
Zhengzhou released the news released yesterday, showing that after the outbreak of this epidemic, the airport port area where the Foxconn factory is located immediately entered an emergency state, and a provincial and municipal expert guidance team was formed to carry out epidemic risk assessment and situation analysis, and strengthen front-line disposal. This round of epidemic spreads quickly, but the viral load is low. As of now, no severe infection has occurred in the Foxconn factory, and the epidemic is generally controllable.
For some employees who are willing to return home recently, the Airport Port District actively communicates and coordinates with the governments of relevant employees in accordance with the principle of fully respecting the wishes of employees. On the premise of strictly implementing epidemic prevention and control regulations, it arranges public security, transportation, local offices and Foxconn enterprises to organize personnel and vehicles to start point-to-point return home for employees. Before returning home, fully respect employees' willingness to pay attention, communicate fully with employees of the company, voluntarily stay or leave, and provide point-to-point guarantees. In accordance with the epidemic prevention and control regulations, strengthen personal protection for employees returning home, arrange nucleic acid testing for , coordinate relevant regions in the province to receive, and point-to-point closed-loop transportation vehicles to ensure that employees return home safely and orderly.
Previously, dozens of counties, cities, districts and townships in Henan Province have issued open letters stating that they have prepared for local registered employees to return home, and at the same time, they are required to report in advance and implement "point-to-point" services and corresponding isolation measures.
factory status. Photo provided by the company.
For employees who voluntarily stay in the production and life of the enterprise, the Airport Port Area will further optimize and refine various epidemic prevention and control measures, regularly disinfect the factory area and employee dormitories, and make every effort to organize the production of the enterprise's epidemic-free workshop area under the premise of ensuring safety. At the same time, we will actively do a good job in food, accommodation, nucleic acid testing, physical health protection, etc. for employees in the company, provide medical and caring services for employees, open up various online and offline consultation channels, and do our best to provide logistics services and caring guarantees for employees.
On the afternoon of October 30, Foxconn Intranet also issued three notices in a row, making guarantee arrangements for employees who voluntarily stayed in the company's factory and employees who were willing to return home. The notice stated that starting from the afternoon of the 30th, a bus will deliver the returnees to the destination point to point, and give the specific ride location and contact number of the mobile phone number.
The person in charge of the above-mentioned iDPBG business group told the Beijing News Beike Finance reporter that at present, under the guidance of the expert team, Foxconn continues to implement closed-loop management , further optimizes and refines various epidemic prevention and control measures, and makes every effort to do a good job in food, clothing, housing and transportation, nucleic acid testing, and physical health protection for employees who stay in the factory. The company arranges employees to undergo rapid antigen screening and nucleic acid testing every day to clarify their personal health status, formulate abnormal handling mechanisms, and flexibly and quickly deal with emergencies.
In addition, Foxconn has also increased the frequency of disinfection of factories and dormitories to ensure the safety of employees' living and working environment.Foxconn also cooperated with Zhengzhou First People's Hospital to provide employees with online consultation, medication guidance, drug delivery and other services, and opened various consultation and appeal feedback channels such as the mobile terminal APP and 24-hour care hotline, and provided online psychological counseling.
factory status. Photo provided by the company.
The epidemic has limited impact on iPhone production. Foxconn coordinates production capacity backup for other parks
Zhengzhou Foxconn has a close connection and profound impact on its location, Zhengzhou and Apple , which is far away in California, USA. Zhengzhou Foxconn has three factory areas in the local area, namely Zhengzhou Airport factory area, Economic Development Zone factory area, and Zhongmu County factory area. The protagonist of this incident, Zhengzhou Airport Factory, also has a particularly prominent position among the three factory areas. The factory area is 5.6 million square meters, which is not only the largest among the three Foxconn factories in Zhengzhou, but also the largest among all Foxconn factories. During the peak production period, there were as many as 300,000 workers, and they were responsible for assembly of about half of the world's Apple phones.
Zhengzhou Customs data shows that in 2021, the total value of Henan's foreign trade imports and exports reached 820.81 billion yuan, and increased by 422.9% year-on-year. The import and export of mechanical and electrical products mainly based on the mobile phone industry chain accounted for more than 60% of the province's foreign trade. In recent years, Foxconn has also accounted for a large proportion of Henan Province's total import and export volume, rising from 28.7% in 2011 to 67.5% in 2015. Although the ratio has dropped slightly since then, it hovered around 60%. The related industrial chains driven by this have also absorbed a large amount of local labor. Statistics show that from 2011 to 2021, Zhengzhou added nearly 4 million new urban population. Among the total population, the labor force aged 16-59 accounts for 68.11%, reaching 8.5819 million.
will end in October, and the "Double 11" e-commerce promotion is slowly kicking off. How the progress of the epidemic in Zhengzhou Foxconn will affect the production and assembly of Apple mobile phones and other products has also become a topic of concern to all sectors of society. In an interview with a reporter from Beijing News Beike Finance, the person in charge of the above-mentioned iDPBG business group also admitted that due to the peak production period, the production line has a large demand for workers.
Tianfeng International's famous Apple industry chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Foxconn's parent company Hon Hai originally planned to gradually reduce the production capacity of iPhones from November to December to cope with seasonal demand changes. As the Zhengzhou factory suddenly enters closed-loop production, more than 10% of the global iPhone production capacity will be affected. However, he also pointed out that the current estimates of iPhone supply and shipment data have not changed due to this incident. It is expected that Hon Hai will gradually improve production capacity within a few weeks, and the impact of the incident on iPhone shipments in the fourth quarter of this year should be limited.
In order to respond to the outside world’s concerns about the production situation in Foxconn, Hon Hai also pointed out in his official statement yesterday that the Zhengzhou Park of the Group and the government cooperated with epidemic prevention, and the park has gradually been under control. The Group will also coordinate production capacity backup in other parks to reduce possible impacts. The epidemic prevention work in the
park is still in progress in an orderly manner, and 4 restaurants have resumed the status of dine-in
factory. Photo provided by the company.
"We know very well that under the current epidemic situation, how to provide good care and safety for more than 200,000 employees in the park is a 'long-term war'. We have also paid attention to the outside world's concern for Foxconn and beg all sectors to provide understanding and support." Foxconn wrote in a statement yesterday.
In the Foxconn factory, epidemic prevention work is still in progress in an orderly manner. "The company has now established a full-time transport team for infected employees to ensure that infected employees can be transferred to designated areas set up by the government or the company in a timely manner for timely and effective isolation and treatment." The above-mentioned iDPBG person in charge said that during the transfer of employees, in order to ensure the health and safety of employees to the greatest extent, the company also organized staff and volunteers to conduct comprehensive cleaning and disinfection of new residential places. For public areas such as workshops, offices, dormitories, shuttle buses, etc., the company has also arranged regular and unified disinfection. In addition, Foxconn also urgently purchased a batch of epidemic prevention materials and distributed disinfectant wipes, N95 masks, traditional Chinese and Western medicines for epidemic prevention, camp beds, bedding, etc. to employees.
The person in charge pointed out that with the improvement of the epidemic, on the premise of ensuring safety, the park has gradually resumed dine-in from October 29 to November 1. At present, 4 restaurants have resumed dine-in, and 4 more restaurants are planned to be restored on November 1. At present, various departments of the company organize employees to eat in the restaurant in batches, and glass baffles are installed on the dining table, and each table is seated at diagonals for dining.
. In terms of ensuring production, since October 19, Foxconn has issued a 50 yuan/day attendance incentive bonus to all employees who attend normally and meet epidemic prevention requirements. Among them, the iDPBG business group has increased to 100 yuan/day from October 26 to November 11, and a full attendance incentive bonus of up to 1,500 yuan will be given. On October 30, the government has mobilized medical forces from all cities and cities to enter important areas such as dormitories, isolation areas, and factory areas to ensure the medical needs of employees. At present, the relevant materials in the factory are sufficient.
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