Foxconn CEO Young Liu plans to visit India later this year

Foxconn Chairman Young Liu is scheduled to visit India this year, news agency PTI reported on Friday. He received the Padma Bhushan award from Manharsinh Yadav, CEO of the India Taipei Association, in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 4. The award, which is India’s third-highest civilian honour, was announced on the eve of the country’s 75th Republic Day.

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., or Hon Hai Technology Group, known internationally as Foxconn, is headquartered in New Taipei, Taiwan.

The Foxconn CEO’s last visit to India was in July last year, when he attended the Semicon India event and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“…I am honored to receive the award. I also want to say that I am honored to accept this award on behalf of all the wonderful women and men who work to contribute to the development of local economies in India… I look forward to meeting the President in India later this year,” Liu told PTI in a statement.

Foxconn assembles iPhones and Google Pixel in India

Following Apple’s lead, Google is expected to start producing Pixel smartphones in India soon, with plans to export them to Europe and the US. The flagship Pixel 9 series is set to launch in India on August 13. According to a report by Moneycontrol, some of the Google devices will be manufactured in India and made available in Europe. The production will be handled by two manufacturing companies, Foxconn and Dixon Technologies. An official announcement from Google is likely to follow.

Apple began assembling Apple iPhones at a Wistron plant in Bengaluru, which has since been taken over by India’s largest conglomerate, Tata Group. With more than 40,000 employees now, Foxconn aims to double its workforce this year. The group has sales of more than $10 billion in India and has made cumulative investments of more than $8 billion in the country.

Foxconn cleared of discriminatory hiring practices

The move comes after the Chennai regional labour commissioner cleared Foxconn, the largest manufacturer and supplier of Apple iPhones, of any discriminatory practices in its recruitment process.

According to a report in the Economic Times (ET), the commissioner has informed the labour ministry that there is no evidence to substantiate the allegations of discrimination against married women in the recruitment and employment process at Foxconn’s iPhone factory in the southern Indian state of Chennai.