Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn, which was hit hard by workers suicides in China last year, plans to deploy one million robots in three years to cut rising labour costs and improve efficiency.
The Taiwanese company, which manufacturers laptops, mobile devices, and other hardware for Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Sony, plans to replace factory workers with more than 1 million robots, according to a state news agency Xinhua report. Terry Gou, founder and chairman of the company, told employees at a dance Friday that the move is designed to improve efficiency and combat rising labor costs.
The firm, which has seen a series of worker suicides, has been criticized by labor rights groups for harsh labor practices.
Foxconn is the largest original equipment manufacture (OEM) electronics company in China and currently employs 1.2 million people along with implementing 10,000 robots.
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