Foxconn has started construction of a handset-assembly plant in a 138-square kilometer business park surrounding the international airport in Zhengzhou City, northern China, with volume production to begin in first-quarter 2011.

This will be Foxconn's second plant in Zhengzhou, next to the existing one in the Zhengzhou Export Processing Zone that began production in August-September 2010, the sources indicated. While the existing plant currently produces handset components mainly for supply to Foxconn's plant in Shenzhen, southern China, the new factory will also use these components to assemble handsets, with monthly capacity of 100,000 handsets in first-quarter 2011, rising to 300,000 units eventually, the sources said.

In related news, Foxconn will expand its existing plant in Wuhan, central China, by constructing eight factory buildings with total floor area of 300,000 square meters to specifically house production lines for Dell's desktop PCs, the sources indicated.

By: DocMemory
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