Foxconn Technology Group — the Taiwanese company that manufactures hardware for Apple, Dell, HP, Nokia and Sony and has been hit by a dozen suicides at its plants this year — is holding ...

Foxconn Technology Group suffered its 12th suicide attempt so far this year late Wednesday night, on the heels of a media tour to the company's main factory in China and pledges by customers Apple ...

Having built safety nets after a series of jumping suicides at its Shenzhen production plant, Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, is now installing the same sort of nets at some of ...

Foxconn is taking bizarre action to try to prevent further suicides -- notably getting staff to sign a letter promising not to kill themselves, according to Taiwan's CTI cable TV channel.

Foxconn even installed large nets surrounding its factory buildings "to prevent impulsive suicides." The Chinese company has also taken it upon itself to improve moral around all its factories. on now ...

Foxconn employs over 540,000 workers in China and only 10 of the 13 suicide attempts at its China facilities last year were successful. Although tragic, the figure is far below the national average.

The company is building a 1.5 million sq m "safety net" to stop people jumping from the factory dormitories and workshops. ... All the nine dead in the Foxconn suicides were between 18 and 24.

Foxconn is just one of Apple's suppliers, and Apple is just one of Foxconn's clients. Gizmos including the Xbox , PlayStation 3 and Amazon Kindle are all built at Foxconn City, which employs ...

Over the last two years, at least 16 Foxconn employees have committed suicide in the company's Shenzhen, China factory. Three other workers attempted to kill themselves at the factory.

Foxconn Plans Safety Nets, May Raise Pay After 12th Suicide. By Dan Nystedt. May 27, 2010 3:40 am PDT. ... Apple said it was “saddened and upset by the recent suicides at Foxconn.” ...

Foxconn, the trade name of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry, has already put measures in place to prevent more suicides and is working on additional plans, such as installing nets on ...