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Foxconn to halt India operations
It is said that the company will shut down its Indian operations on December 24. The fate of around 1,700 employees will now be uncertain.
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Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: Taiwanese firm Foxconn, world’s largest contract manufacturer of mobile phones is reported to be winding up its Chennai unit due to lack of orders, according to various reports.
This is the worst Christmas gift that the employees may get. It is said that the company will shut down its Indian operations on December 24. The fate of around 1,700 employees will now be uncertain.
Foxconn’s Indian unit was majorly dependent on Nokia for its businesses. The company started getting affected after Nokia slowly started cutting down production. Foxconn gave the VRS option to many of its employees like Nokia.
Foxconn came into India in 2006 following its most important client at that time, Nokia. The company had two units in Sriperumbudur HiTech SEZ and one inside Nokia SEZ.
Closing of Foxconn will be the second biggest hit to the Sriperumbudur electronics SEZ which saw Nokia shut its operations on November 1.
New Delhi: Taiwanese firm Foxconn, world’s largest contract manufacturer of mobile phones is reported to be winding up its Chennai unit due to lack of orders, according to various reports.
This is the worst Christmas gift that the employees may get. It is said that the company will shut down its Indian operations on December 24. The fate of around 1,700 employees will now be uncertain.
Foxconn’s Indian unit was majorly dependent on Nokia for its businesses. The company started getting affected after Nokia slowly started cutting down production. Foxconn gave the VRS option to many of its employees like Nokia.
Foxconn came into India in 2006 following its most important client at that time, Nokia. The company had two units in Sriperumbudur HiTech SEZ and one inside Nokia SEZ.
Closing of Foxconn will be the second biggest hit to the Sriperumbudur electronics SEZ which saw Nokia shut its operations on November 1.
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