Hon Hai Precision Industry

Computex Taipei: Chipmakers at Taiwan's tech fair switch focus beyond the Smartphone market

Chipmakers switched focus at Taiwan's top tech fair to new areas such as driverless cars, virtual reality and AI rather than smartphones.

Qualcomm To Buy Atheros For $3.2 Bn

Qualcomm expects deal will beef up its position in the mobile devices market.

Japanese company Sharp Corp to spend $570 million on OLED screen panel production

Japan's Sharp Corp said it will spend $570 million on its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screen business - one of its first major investments since it was taken over by Taiwan's Foxconn although the amount pales in comparison to efforts by South Korean rivals.

Sharp names Foxconn Vice Chairman as new President after steep annual loss

Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp named a Foxconn vice chairman as its new president on Thursday, after reporting an annual loss that more than tripled due to slumping display prices and slower sales of client Apple Inc's iPhones.

Foxconn seals $3.5 billion takeover of Sharp as executives seek to shake off doubts

Foxconn and Sharp Corp on Saturday formally signed a long-awaited deal that would see the Taiwan firm take control of the Japanese display maker, as executives sought to dispel lingering doubts over whether Sharp can turn around its ebbing fortunes.

Sharp, Foxconn to possibly sign deal next week

Sharp Corp and Taiwan's Foxconn are set to sign a takeover deal next week after repeated delays, with the two sides set to agree on a smaller bailout than originally planned for the troubled Japanese electronics maker, two sources familiar with the talks said on Saturday.

Foxconn deal to buy Japan's Sharp in doubt after last-minute hitch: Report

Taiwan's Foxconn put its takeover of electronics maker Sharp on hold on Thursday after discovering previously undisclosed liabilities, sources said, throwing into doubt what was set to be the biggest takeover by a foreign firm in Japan's technology sector.

Foxconn plans 10-12 new Indian facilities by 2020, says Chairman Terry Gou

Taiwan's Foxconn Technology, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, is aiming to develop 10-12 facilities in India, including factories and data centres, by 2020, Chairman Terry Gou said.

Apple supplier Biel Crystal violates workers rights: HK activists

Biel Crystal Manufactory Ltd, a Hong-Kong based company that makes screens for Apple Inc, is violating workers' rights...

Google buys patents on virtual image technology from Hon Hai

Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn, said it sold Google part of a patent portfolio...