Covid Lockdown Halts IPhone Production at Foxconn’s Shenzhen Site

An employee works on the assembly line at Hon Hai Group's Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. Photo: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. supplier Foxconn is halting operations at its Shenzhen sites, one of which produces iPhones, in response to a government-imposed lockdown on the tech hub city.

The Taiwanese company, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., has its China headquarters in the area and a key manufacturing site in Guanlan. It is suspending operations at the two campuses and has reallocated production to other sites to reduce impact from the disruption, the company said in a statement. Foxconn didn’t specify the length of the suspension. The measures from the Chinese government call for nonessential businesses in Shenzhen to halt until March 20.