6 posts and columns on factories

Apple Reveals Its Suppliers for First Time

in News on January 13 at 9:33 am PT

Apple Inc. on Friday disclosed a list of its major suppliers for the first time, moving to combat an array of criticism about working conditions in its supply chain and the company’s transparency about them.

TI Profit Inches Higher, but Japan Weighs on Results

in News on April 18, 2011 at 3:45 pm PT

Texas Instruments Inc. provided more evidence of the financial fallout from the earthquake in Japan, which hurt the chip maker’s first-quarter results and is expected to hold down growth in the current period as well.

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Foxconn Removes Safety Nets, Plans Rallies

in News on August 17, 2010 at 10:13 am PT

Foxconn, the Chinese high-tech manufacturer at whose factories at least 10 employees jumped to their deaths this year, will hold a series of rallies at its campuses across China tomorrow aimed at boosting morale. The title for the overall event is “Treasure Your Life, Love Your Family, Care for Each Other to Build a Wonderful Future.” In preparation, the company is removing safety nets it installed earlier this year.

Siemens Halts Computer Virus as Threat Spurs Effort Against Attacks

in News on August 13, 2010 at 1:31 pm PT

Siemens AG said a computer virus designed to attack the industrial control systems it makes to help monitor power grids and other key infrastructure has been largely suppressed, but the threat has stepped up government and private-sector efforts to ward off future attacks.

Samsung Edges Out TV Rivals

in News on February 17, 2010 at 8:12 am PT

The boom in flat-panel television sets has so far been a boon for Samsung Electronics Co. Samsung’s TV manufacturing business has nearly doubled in size since 2006–the year it surpassed Sony Corp. to become the world’s biggest seller of TV sets–and the company is closing in on 20 percent global market share in TV unit sales, a threshold not reached by any manufacturer since the earliest days of the industry more than 60 years ago.

Sony Earnings Fall From Ugly Tree, Hit Every Branch on the Way Down

in News on May 14, 2009 at 5:15 am PT

About the best thing to be said for Sony’s grotesque financial results is that they came in smaller than expected. The company’s 98.9 billion yen ($1 billion) loss for the fiscal year ended March–its first net loss in 14 years–wasn’t nearly as bad as the 150.0 billion yen ($1.57 billion) figure it had predicted in January or even close to the 173.8 billion yen ($1.8 billion) analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had been forecasting.
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