Foxconn partially restarts production in locked-down Shenzhen

Apple supplier says shortages, inflation and tensions will tamp profit growth

20220316 Foxconn Comlex in Shenzhen and lockdown in shenzhen

Foxconn introduced what it called a "closed-loop management process" to comply with Shenzhen's COVID-19 rules at campuses that include both employee housing and production facilities. (Source photos by Getty Images and AP)

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

March 16, 2022 16:50 JST

Updated on March 16, 2022 18:34 JST

TAIPEI -- Foxconn on Wednesday said it has restarted some production at facilities in Shenzhen after suspending manufacturing there on Monday when the local government imposed a partial lockdown of the city in southern China.

Shenzhen is the company's second-largest manufacturing hub in China, and Foxconn said on Monday it was halting production at its Longhua and Guanlan complexes in the city, from which it supplies Apple, Google and Amazon, among other companies. The local government told nonessential businesses to close to deal with a COVID-19 spike.