Shanghai-listed Foxconn Industrial Internet Co Ltd (FII), a unit of Apple’s largest manufacturing contractor Foxconn, said its “lights-off ” factory has received recognition at the World Economic Forum this month. The company’s Shenzen plant made it onto a shortlist of “state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities that serve as world leaders” in how to successfully adopt and integrate cutting-edge technologies, according to WEF.
Lights-off factories are highly automated and make use of robots in the production line, hence requiring less light – and perhaps more importantly, less human workers. Foxconn is expected to slash tens of thousands of jobs as it moves forward […]
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