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Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., trading as Foxconn Technology Group, is a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturing company headquartered in Tucheng, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is the world's largest electronics contractor manufacturer,〔("Strikes End at Two Chinese Automotive Suppliers" ). Reuters. 2010-07-22. *("Table 3. The Circuits Assembly Top 50 EMS Companies, 2009" ). circuitsassembly.com. *Buetow, Mike (March 2010). ("The Trials of 2009" ). circuitsassembly.com.〕 and the third-largest information technology company by revenue. Foxconn is primarily a contract manufacturer and its clients include major American, European and Japanese electronics and information technology companies. Notable products that the company manufactures include the BlackBerry, iPad,〔("Apple Adding More iPad Production Lines To Meet Holiday and 2011 Demand" ). ''San Francisco Chronicle''. 2010-11-23.〕 iPhone,〔("The Forbidden City of Terry Gou" ). ''The Wall Street Journal''. 2007-08-11.〕 Kindle,〔 PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U.〔("iPhone, Wii U Manufacturer Admits to Employing Children" ). IGN. October 17, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2012.〕 Foxconn has been involved in several controversies relating to how it manages employees in China. There has been a history of suicides at its factories blamed on working conditions. In January 2012, about 150 Foxconn employees threatened to commit mass-suicide in protest at their working conditions.〔("'Mass Suicide' Protest at Apple Manufacturer Foxconn Factory" ). The Daily Telegraph. 11 Jan 2012.〕 ==History== Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. was founded in 1974 by Terry Gou as a manufacturer of electrical components (notably electrical connectors for computer components,〔 which found use in the Atari 2600).〔Balfour, Frederik; Culpan, Tim (2010-09-09).("Everything Is Made by Foxconn in Future Evoked by Gou's Empire" ). Bloomberg News.〕 Foxconn was originally a trade name of Hon Hai and a subsidiary later received the name.〔 Hon Hai's first manufacturing plant in mainland China opened in Longhua, Shenzhen, in 1988.〔 In 2001, Intel switched from using Chinese contract manufacturer Asus to use Foxconn to make Intel-branded motherboards.〔Mueller, Scott (2012). ''Upgrading and Repairing PCs''. (20th ed.) Indianapolis: Que. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7897-4710-5〕 In November 2007, Foxconn announced plans to build a new US$500 million plant in Huizhou, Southern China. In March 2012, Foxconn agreed to acquire a 10 percent stake in the Japanese electronics company Sharp Corporation for US$806 million and to purchase up to 50 percent of the LCD displays produced at Sharp's plant in Sakai, Japan.〔 〕 In January 2012, Foxconn named Tien Chong (Terry) Cheng chief executive, who soon resigned, citing health problems.〔For January 2012 promotion, see *For July 2012 resignation due to health, see 〕 In September 2012, Foxconn announced plans to invest US$494 million in the construction of five new factories in Itu, Brazil, creating 10,000 jobs. The company paid $312 million in 2014 for two 4G licenses in the lower 700 MHz and 900 MHz bands in Taiwan's Telco spectrum auction. In May 2014, Foxconn announced it was expanding its involvement in Taiwan's nascent 4G telecommunications market further by merging with Taiwan's fourth-largest mobile operator Asia Pacific Telecom. The deal was set to close on June 20, 2014. In addition, FIH Mobile (a subsidiary of Hon Hai) became the largest shareholder of migme Limited, a social entertainment platform, through a $9.6 million investment that gave the Foxconn-linked handset company a 19.9% stake in the company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Foxconn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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