| Official Name: |
FOXCONN ELECTRONICS INC. / CASEDGE INC. |
| Business Description: |
Foxconn is the trade name of the Taiwanese firm Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (Ltd.). Foxconn is one of the largest manufacturers of electronics and computer components worldwide, and mainly manufactures on contract to other companies. Among other things, Foxconn produces the Mac mini, the iPod and the iPhone for Apple Computer; Intel-branded motherboards for Intel Corp.; various orders for American computer retailers Dell, Inc. and Hewlett Packard; the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 for Sony; the Wii for Nintendo, and cell phones for Motorola. The company was founded in 1974 as a manufacturer of plastic products (notably connectors) by Terry Gou, who remains its CEO. It has been listed on the Taiwanese stock exchange since 1991. It is Taiwan's largest private company, with a revenue of US$13 billion in 2004 and US$40.6 billion in 2006. Foxconn mainly manufactures in China; in 2007 it employed 450,000 people there and was China's largest exporter. The company opened its first manufacturing plant in China in 1988, a factory in Shenzhen that is now the company's largest, with 270,000 employees. Beginning in 1994, Foxconn purchased development centres in the United States and Japan. The years 1998 and 1999 saw the establishment of additional manufacturing plants in Great Britain and the USA. As of 2007, the company and its subsidiaries owned plants in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Brazil, India and Vietnam. CasEdge Inc., a company of Foxconn/Hon Hai Group, offers housing solutions for PCs, integrated barebone systems, and white box to distributors, system integrators, VARS and house-brand PC manufacturers in the Northern American and Worldwide markets. CasEdge now also offers PC mainboard and accessories to fulfill the needs of the PC accessory markets. Moreover, CasEdge is now open to small OEM projects to the Northern American and Worldwide markets. |
| Official Website: |
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ |
Part Number Variations: DH153C(H+A)+MT-300-4S, DH-153C(H+A)+MT-300-4S, DH153C-CF300K
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