Apple Supplier Foxconn Forced to Suspend Production Due to COVID Lockdown

Apple suppliers, including Foxconn, have been forced to suspend production after China partially locked down Shenzhen and Shanghai to combat an increase in COVID-19 cases.

The lockdown comes after Shenzhen, a city of 17 million, reported 60 cases yesterday. Public transportation has been halted and all nonessential business have been ordered to suspend operations until March 20.

Nikkei says that all industrial parks and residential areas have been instructed to adopt lockdown measures and PCR tests will be conducted on everyone in the city.


Foxconn, the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer, said in a statement on Monday that it would suspend production at its Longhua and Guanlan factories in Shenzhen until further notice from the local government. It has activated plans to use facilities in other cities to support production.

Other companies forced to halt production include Foxconn's touch panel subsidiary General Interface Solution (GIS) Holding, Unimicron, and GEM Services.

More details in the full report linked below...

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