1. FOXCONN Robin Claes
Jorn Snoeks

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
What is Foxconn?
History
Present
Future
Major Customers
Major competitors
In reality
The numbers
Press
Financial
Conclusion

3. WHAT IS FOXCONN?
“Foxconn”  Originally trade name of Hon Hai
Subsidiary officially received the name later
Activities include:
R&D
Production and distribution of computer components
Production and distribution of consumer electronic products
Contracts with large amount of big names in electronics

4. HISTORY
2001: Foxconn starts producing “Intel” motherboards
2007: Announced plans $500 million plant in Southern china
2012: Tien Chong Cheng  Chief executive
But: Health problems  Resignation
2012: Announced investment of $494 million
 5 new factories in Brazil
 10,000 jobs

5. PRESENT
Assembles around 40% of all consumer electronics products sold
13 factories in 9 chinese cities
Factories in Asia, Europe, Mexico and South America
Largest factory in Longhua, Shenzhen
 “Foxconn City”
 Between 230,000 and 450,000 employees
 15 factories
 Company dorms, swimming pool, fire brigade
 Own TV network + City centre

6. FUTURE
Factories are planned at sites in Chengdu and Wuhan
More investments in Brazil considered
Plans to invest $30 million over two years for manufacturing facility in
Pennsylvania for robotic equipment
$10 million investment into R&D  Carnegie Mellon university

7. MAJOR CUSTOMERS
Acer Inc. (Taiwan)
Amazon.com (United States)
Apple Inc. (United States)
BlackBerry Ltd. (Canada)
Cisco (United States)
Dell (United States)
Google (United States)
Hewlett-Packard (United States)
Microsoft (United States)
Nintendo (Japan)[
Nokia (Finland)
Sony (Japan)

8. MAJOR COMPETITORS
Nokia Oyj
Quanta Computer Inc.
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.

9. IN REALITY
Employees a slave
Overtime
Long working shifts
Pressure to produce
It’s all about money
Low salaries
$0.65 meal allowance
Employees live in crowded
company dorms

10. THE NUMBERS
1.2 million employees
in China
17 reported suicides12 hours in a typical
work shift
83.2 hours overtime
worked
(average/month)
91 cases of underage
labor found
Manufactured 40% of
all consumer
electronics worldwide
70 psychiatrists
employed to prevent
suicides
Nets around buildings
to prevent more
suicides

11. PRESS

12. FINANCIAL
 Average salary of US$150 per month
 In 2008: Foxconn’s total payroll expenditures for that year amounted to
US$1.44 Billion, or just 2.6% of all consumer sales from China.

13. CONCLUSION
Speed, Quality, Engineering Services, Flexibility and Monetary cost saving
At the cost of employee well-being?

14. THANK YOU
Questions?