Foxconn

Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Česko;
Location of affected unit(s)
Kutná Hora, Pardubice
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
1,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
20 December 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012

Description

Foxconn, a Taiwan-headquartered electronics manufacturer, has announced its plan to recruit 1,000 workers for its two Czech sites (Kutná Hora and Pardubice) in 2012. Foxconn employs mostly temporary agency workers and 50 per cent of its staff at those plants is Czech.

Foxconn Technology Group is specialized in outsourcing and produces goods for international companies such as HP, Dell and Apple. Foxconn produces for example the iPhone and iPad, the Amazon Kindle and multiple electronic paddles such as the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and the Wii.

Foxconn currently employs 7,000 people and is the second largest exporter in the Czech Republic.

Sources

  • 20 December 2011: Deník

Citation

Eurofound (2011), Foxconn, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 72886, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72886.