Foxconn, the original equipment manufacturer for Apple products, is reportedly expanding its manufacturing capacity in 2012, aiming to increase production for iPhones and iPads to meet the ever-growing market demand.

Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry has published its operating results for June 2011, stating that its operating revenue during the month reached NTD228.4 billion, which was about USD7.93 billion, a new height over the past six months.

Taiwan Foxconn Technology Group has decided to build a new plant in Jundiai, an inland city in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the assembly of Apple's iPad and iPhone products.

Hon Hai Precision Industry plans to invest USD25 million to set up a new panel plant in Huangjiang Yuyuan Industry Park, Dongguan, Guangdong, to expand its panel business.

Chicony Electronics, the world's leading keyboard and digital webcam supplier, has signed an agreement with the municipal government of Chongqing to set up a manufacturing base for laptop-related products in the city's Shuangfu New Town.

Days after news of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' hiatus, and a few weeks before the expected unveiling of a new iPhone, news from China has muddied Apple's waters.

Foxconn Technology Group has announced that in 2010, the company's export value from its Shenzhen processing and trade enterprise reached USD48 billion, a year-on-year increase of 50%.

PC maker Dell has announced plans to build a new China operating center in Changsha, capital of Hunan province.

Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry Company is rumored to be planning to invest JPY100 billion, which is about USD1.2 billion, in Hitachi Displays Ltd., an LCD screen maker jointly owned by Japan's Hitachi Ltd. and Canon Inc.

Foxconn Group has signed a cooperation agreement with the provincial government of Hunan to build two new manufacturing and development bases in Changsha and Hengyang, respectively.

According to reports in Taiwanese local media, Ericsson has sued companies, including D-Link, Acer and Netgear, in Texas, U.S., for infringement of wireless products.

Foxconn Technology Group has announced that it plans to hire nearly 400,000 additional workers in mainland China within the next 12 months.

Vincent Tong, spokesperson of the Taiwan-based original equipment manufacturer Foxconn, has confirmed to the media that to ease the pressure brought by labor cost increases, the company will relocate its major production lines from Shenzhen to Langfang in Hebei.

Taiwan-based original equipment manufacturer Foxconn has announced plans to raise salaries for all of its factory employees.

The world's three major IT companies — Apple, HP and Dell — are reportedly respectively conducting investigations on the working conditions of Foxconn following the series of suicides happened in the Shenzhen factory of this Taiwan-based original electronics manufacturer.