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Hon Hai Precision Industry company, which owns the brand name Foxconn, serves the interests of most major computer manufacturers and smart phones, including HP, Apple, Sony and Nokia. Some time ago, a series of scandals around the working conditions of its own enterprises in China, where workers are committing suicide. The situation attracted the attention of authorities and international community, and Foxconn finally raised the minimum wage for all enterprises.
On Friday, the founder and chairman of Hon Hai Precision Industry has promised over three years to establish their enterprises millions of robots to replace human labor in certain transactions. Now the factories operated by Foxconn 10 000 robots to the end of the year their number will increase to 300 thousand, and over the next two years - up to a million pieces.
The number of Foxconn staff is now 1.2 million people, about one million are located in China. Related Products :
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