When it comes to chip foundries, people generally think of TSMC. As the world's largest and most advanced chip foundry, TSMC has supplied more than 90% of the world's high-end chips for mobile phone manufacturers.
The reason why TSMC has attracted so much attention from the market is because TSMC is a high-tech enterprise, and the technology and equipment involved in chip foundry are the most advanced in the world.
It is precisely because of the name of "high-tech" that TSMC has not only reaped profits, but also gained recognition and reputation from global manufacturers.
The same is the treatment of Foxconn, a Chinese company, is not so good, because Foxconn is an electronic assembly company, and the field involved is labor-intensive, so Foxconn is not a technology company, but is complained about as an "assembly plant".
Although Foxconn has been complained about as an "assembly factory" by everyone, this does not affect Foxconn's market influence in the mainland. It is reported that at its peak, Foxconn had more than one million factories in the mainland, and even now it has hundreds of thousands of employees. Foxconn's annual revenue, profit, export output value, and tax payment are among the best in the country, and it is the most influential electronic assembly enterprise in China and even in the world.
The reason why Foxconn can achieve such great success is inseparable from three points. First, Foxconn founder Terry Gou seized the development opportunities in the mainland and invested in the rapid development stage of the mainland.
Second, the mainland has provided Foxconn with sound infrastructure and preferential policies.
Third, there are a large number of hard-working workers in the mainland who work for Foxconn, which has created a lot of economic benefits for Foxconn.
Fourth, Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi and other mobile phone manufacturers have given Foxconn a large number of production orders to ensure the normal operation of Foxconn.
Under the protection of these four points, Foxconn has become the largest electronic assembly plant in China and even in the world, and its influence is still above TSMC.
It is a pity that Foxconn founder Terry Gou did not realize the importance of the mainland market, but instead made a big statement about it: give the mainland food. Recently, foreign media said: It is difficult for Foxconn to go back.
In recent years, the United States has suppressed China's technology companies and restricted the development of China's high-tech industry. According to incomplete statistics, thousands of mainland companies, including Huawei, SMIC, and YMTC, have been added to the entity list by the United States. Faced with this situation, Apple also began to worry and transferred the industrial chain.
It is reported that Apple is Foxconn's largest customer, which also makes Terry Gou attach great importance to the relationship with Apple. In response to Foxconn's plan for industrial transfer, Foxconn began to transfer its production capacity to Southeast Asia, of which the Indian market is the largest recipient of Foxconn's production capacity transfer.
According to relevant news, Foxconn plans to transfer $300 billion of mainland production capacity in the future. If true, this is a very negative thing for the mainland electronics industry.
At that time, the relevant departments in the mainland conducted an investigation into Foxconn, and the outside world speculated that it was a response to the transfer of production capacity by Foxconn and Apple. To this end, Apple's CEO visited the mainland electronic assembly company Luxshare Precision during his visit to China in mid-October this year, and Cook said: Grow together with the mainland's ** chain enterprises.
Obviously, when Foxconn transferred production capacity, Apple still focused its production capacity on the mainland industrial chain, which can be regarded as a reassurance for Apple's mainland industrial chain enterprises.
At this time, Foxconn officially stated that it would invest $1.6 billion in the Indian factory to further increase the production capacity of Foxconn's Indian factory.
It's hard to imagine that when Apple said that it would grow together with the mainland industrial chain, Foxconn actually contradicted Apple, its largest customer, does this mean that Terry Gou has made up his mind to relocate production capacity?If so, it can only be said that Foxconn has not seen the development situation of Foxconn clearly.
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Apple is Foxconn's largest customer, and Foxconn has transferred production capacity, which is understandable. However, Apple is not only a foundry manufacturer of Foxconn, but Foxconn also has major customers such as Huawei and Xiaomi, so Foxconn's transfer of production capacity cannot withstand scrutiny, and it is destined to shoot itself in the foot.
In fact, this is also a foreshadowing, Foxconn founder Terry Gou said earlier: production capacity can be transferred overnight. It is precisely because of Foxconn's approach and Gou's unbridled rhetoric that foreign media said: It is difficult for Foxconn to go back.