Foxconn halts Shenzhen operations, adjusts China production on COVID curbs (updated)

Unimicron Technology

14/03/2022 03:11

(Adds Foxconn comments; details of other companies' plans)
    TAIPEI, March 14 (Reuters) - Major Apple Inc  AAPL.O 
supplier and iPhone assembler Foxconn  2317.TW  said on Monday
it has suspended operations in the Chinese city of Shenzhen to
comply with the local government's COVID-19 control policies.
    The southern tech hub of Shenzhen has tightened its COVID-19
restrictions after it reported 60 new local cases with confirmed
symptoms for Saturday, the city's highest since China contained
the first outbreak in early 2020.
    Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co
Ltd, said it will deploy backup plants to reduce disruption to
production.
    "Due to our diversified production sites in China, we have
adjusted the production line to minimise the potential impact,"
the Taiwanese firm said in a statement. 
    Foxconn has required all employees to take a PCR test and
will resume its Shenzhen operations when advised to do so by the
local government, the statement said.
    Other Taiwanese companies which said they had suspended
Shenzhen operations included chip substrate and printed circuit
board maker Unimicron Technology Corp  3037.TW , another Apple
supplier, and flexible printed circuit board maker Sunflex
Technology Co Ltd  3390.TW .
    Sunflex said its plant would be closed until Sunday.

 (Reporting by Sarah Wu and Ben Blanchard; Editing by
Christopher Cushing and Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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