Apple: the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen is once again manufacturing iPhones in profusion

12 days after the closure of its factory in Shenzhen, following an epidemic recovery in the region, the giant Foxconn announces today that the latter has practically returned to its full production capacity. This site represents approximately 10% of the total production ofiPhone
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In its zero tolerance policy towards Covid-19, China has placed certain cities and provinces under strict confinement, following the resurgence of the epidemic observed there in recent weeks. These measures had caused the closure, and therefore the shutdown, of the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen. We learn today that it has more or less regained its full production capacity, just 12 days after its closure.

Good news for Apple

According to the media Nikkei AsiaFoxconn reportedly began restarting production at its Shenzhen site last Wednesday, “ after arranging for some staff to live and work in a bubble, an arrangement requested by the local government to combat the spread of COVID-19 “, we read. The company now claims to have ” practically resumed the normal course of its activities on site.

As specified 9to5Mac, this closure impacted “only” 10% of total iPhone production, most of Apple’s smartphones being manufactured in the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou. In the short term, the closure of the Shenzhen factory therefore represented nothing vital for Apple, even if the announcement of a return to normal sounds like good news. Especially since it comes right after the launch of the new iPhone SE and a new green colorway for the iPhone 13.

The specter of the health situation in China hangs over the iPhone 14

Interesting, but generally unattractive in the West, the iPhone SE is a major piece on the chessboard of Apple in India, where the device should represent 25% of sales there this year. Even a partial cessation of production was therefore bad timing.

Note that the zero-Covid policy desired by the Chinese authorities casts doubt on Foxconn’s production capacities in China. A shutdown of one of its main factories for health reasons could possibly have repercussions on the supply of iPhone 14. We know that Apple started testing its production lines at the end of February for its new iPhone. , and that the first phase of the production of the device had also been initiated last month.

Source: 9to5Mac