Just so you know, Foxconn supplies almost every electronics manufacturer. Your phone? Foxconn. Your TV? Foxconn. Your PC? Foxconn. Your radio in the kitchen? Foxconn. Doesn’t matter which name is on the outside.
PALO ALTO, U.S. For Apple, Hon Hai Precision Industry is not just a subcontractor. It is a business partner. And though both sides are taking steps to reduce their mutual dependence, their fortunes remain very much entwined.
Their ties deepened in 2000, when Foxconn Technology Group – as Hon Hai is known – landed an order to produce Apple’s iMacs. The duo had worked together on parts production before, but this was a major turning point. Apple’s high quality standards forced the Taiwanese supplier to sharpen its technological edge.
Just so you know, Foxconn supplies almost every electronics manufacturer. Your phone? Foxconn. Your TV? Foxconn. Your PC? Foxconn. Your radio in the kitchen? Foxconn. Doesn’t matter which name is on the outside.
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PALO ALTO, U.S. For Apple, Hon Hai Precision Industry is not just a subcontractor. It is a business partner. And though both sides are taking steps to reduce their mutual dependence, their fortunes remain very much entwined.
Their ties deepened in 2000, when Foxconn Technology Group – as Hon Hai is known – landed an order to produce Apple’s iMacs. The duo had worked together on parts production before, but this was a major turning point. Apple’s high quality standards forced the Taiwanese supplier to sharpen its technological edge.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Foxconn-Apple-and-the-partnership-that-changed-the-tech-sector