All items tagged with "plant"

Future iOS Devices Could Be Built By Machines As Foxconn Replaces Workers With Robots

Future iOS Devices Could Be Built By Machines As Foxconn Replaces Workers With Robots

This “Foxbot” could soon be building Apple’s latest gadgets.

Apple gadgets you buy in the future may have been assembled by machines as Apple’s biggest manufacturing partner, Foxconn, begins replacing its workers with robots. The move is expected to improve efficiency in Foxconn’s Chinese plants, as well as combat rising labor costs.

Read the rest of this post »

Toshiba Denies Apple Investment In New Display Plant

Toshiba Denies Apple Investment In New Display Plant

Yesterday, we reported that Toshiba would be building new facility in order to supply Apple with high-res displays for future iPhones and iPads… and that Cupertino itself might have sunk some cash in to the project to get it off the ground.

Today, Toshiba’s denying Apple’s involvement.

Read the rest of this post »