File footage of Foxconn ahead of results and outlook update following China COVID curbs
(REUTERS)1. EXTERIOR OF FOXCONN HEADQUARTERS 2. SIGN READING (Chinese / English): “HON HAI PRECISION IND.” (ALTERNATE NAME FOR FOXCONN) TAIPEI, TAIWAN (FILE – JUNE 8, 2010) (REUTERS – Access all) 3. EXTERIOR OF FOXCONN BUILDING 4. SIGN READING (English): “FOXCONN” SHENZHEN, CHINA (FILE – MAY 2010) (REUTERS) 5. TRAFFIC ON ROAD, FOXCONN BUILDING IN DISTANCE 6. FOXCONN SIGN, PEOPLE WALKING ON BRIDGE 7. FOXCONN SIGN ZHENGZHOU, HENAN PROVINCE, CHINA (FILE – OCTOBER 8, 2012) (REUTERS – Access all)) 8. DRIVE PAST SHOT OF EXTERIOR OF FOXCONN ZHENGZHOU FACTORY 9. VARIOUS OF WORKERS WALKING IN AND OUT OF FACTORY COMPOUND 10. EXTERIOR OF FACTORY COMPOUND BEIJING, CHINA (FILE – SEPTEMBER 16, 2022) (REUTERS – Access all) 11. VARIOUS OF NEW IPHONE 14 IN THE APPLE STORE AND PEOPLE CHECKING OUT THE NEW IPHONE 12. EXTERIOR OF THE APPLE STORE IN SANLITUN SHOPPING AREA NEW TAIPEI, TAIWAN (FILE – 2017) (REUTERS – Access all) 13. FOXCONN FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE, TERRY GOU, SPEAKING TO REPORTER 14. GOU SPEAKING 15. GOU SPEAKING UNDER FOXCONN SIGN 16. FOXCONN SIGN STORY: Apple supplier and iPhone assembler Foxconn plans to update its fourth-quarter outlook on Thursday (November 10), having warned this week of the impact of COVID-19 restrictions at a major plant in China’s Zhengzhou. Foxconn’s main Zhengzhou plant in central China, which employs about 200,000 people, has been rocked by discontent over stringent measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, with many workers fleeing the site. The lockdown ended on Wednesday (November 9), though Foxconn said it was maintaining “closed loop” operations, referring to a bubble-like arrangement commonly imposed as part of virus prevention measures in China, where employees sleep, live and work isolated from the wider world. Foxconn will release its third-quarter earnings on Thursday at 0700 GMT, with analysts expecting on average a profit of T$41.3 billion, according to Refinitiv, an 11.7% year-on-year increase, benefiting from sustained demand for high-end consumer electronics and data centers.
