Foxconn Ends Most ‘Closed-Loop’ Restrictions in iPhone City
- Taiwanese company faced food shortages and protests in China
- Apple had warned it would lose production from the lockdowns
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Foxconn Technology Group, the primary assembler of iPhones for Apple Inc., is easing most anti-Covid restrictions at its factory in Zhengzhou, China — a facility that had become a flashpoint in the country’s efforts to contain infections.
Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., said it is ending its “point-to-point” system, in which employees had to restrict daily movements to between their dormitories and the campus, according to a statement on its official WeChat account Wednesday night.