New autonomous manufacturing technology has enabled Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn to significantly reduce its worker numbers.
Foxconn has reportedly replaced 60,000 human workers with robots at its huge factory in Kunshan in Jiangsu Province. “The Foxconn factory has reduced its employee strength from 110,000 to 50,000, thanks to the introduction of robots. It has tasted success in reduction of labour costs,” said Xu Yulian, the head of Jiangsu’s publicity department according to South…
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