Pegatron

Apple iPhone assembler Pegatron has suspended production in Shanghai and Kunshan in China, amid strict COVID-19 prevention measures, along with other suppliers. These pauses in production are likely causing increased delivery times for Apple's M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook orders. According to a new report from Nikkei, Shanghai authorities have imposed stringent stay-at-home measures as mainland...

Pegatron and Foxconn are paying big bonuses to employees who help recruit new people. South China Morning Post reports that Apple assembly partners Foxconn and Pegatron are increasing bonuses to recruit workers for upcoming iPhone 13 assembly needs. Both companies are offering recruitment bonuses of well over a month's average salary. Additional bonuses are available to employees who...

Key Apple assembler Pegatron is investing $150 million into opening a manufacturing plant in India. The company's board of directors have recently passed a proposal that would see ground being broken in the second half of 2021 or in early 2022. According to Economic Times, sources have said that Pegatron is planning to invest more...

Apple is ceasing to initiate any new business contracts with iPhone assembler Pegatron following the discovery of student labour abuse within the company's China-based facilities. Pegatron, a Taiwanese manufacturer in Apple's global supply chain, plays an integral part in the assembly of the iPhone. According to Bloomberg, Apple had discovered that Pegatron had been violating...

Designed by Apple in California. Made in... Mexico? For years, iPhones (or their boxes) have said that they were "designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China." But thanks to an escalating trade war between the US and China, that might not be true in the coming years. Reuters reports that two of Apple's biggest manufacturing...

In a move that sets the stage for Apple to diversify its supply chain amid the ongoing US-China tensions, the second-largest iPhone assembler Pegatron has registered a subsidiary in India and is currently in discussions with multiple state governments to find land to set up its factories (via The Economic Times). "Pegatron has registered its India subsidiary...

Earlier this week, Qualcomm won a preliminary injunction in China that bans the import and sale of the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X in the region. Although Apple has already warned that banning iPhones in China could have serious consequences for both the...

The hits just keep coming in the battle between Apple and iPhone chip supplier Qualcomm as a group of four Asian companies that assemble products for Apple have accused Qualcomm of antitrust violations. According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, four contractors that build iPhones and other Apple products say Qualcomm violated two...

New York University graduate student Dejian Zeng spent last summer working in a Pegatron factory manufacturing the iPhone 6s and 7 as part of a summer project. This was Zeng's opportunity to get a first-hand look at what factory life is like for a worker in China. In an interview published on Tuesday, Zeng described...

In an investor’s conference, Pegatron CEO Liao Syh-jang has told Focus Taiwan that if Donald Trump institutes his Made in America proposal, it will be fine for Pegatron "as long the client is willing to absorb the costs”, AppleInsider is reporting. "As long as there is demand, whether the clients are American or Chinese, Pegatron already has its production...

In case Apple or any of its customers need it, Pegatron is ready to expand its operations in the US by up to five times, according to company chairman TH Tung, as cited by Chinese news outlet Economic Daily News (via AppleInsider). But the problem seems to be that Pegatron won't be able to meet...

China Labor Watch has published a new report this week, which details continued workers’ rights violations at factories owned by Pegatron, one of Apple’s largest iPhone suppliers who is currently manufacturing Apple’s upcoming 'iPhone 7’ (via 9to5Mac). The industry watchdog has also pointed out similar workers’ rights issues by Foxconn in the past, and today’s report is a follow up...