After a partial lifting of the city-wide lockdown that came into effect on Monday, the primary Apple assembler says it has resumed production at its Chinese manufacturing plant in Shenzhen.
The Taiwanese company said it had resumed some production and operations at its Shenzhen campus after meeting government conditions for staff to live and work in bubble arrangements.
During the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the system was used to keep event personnel out of the public.
"Some operations have been able to restart and some production is being carried out," Foxconn said in a statement, adding that the system at its Shenzhen facilities subjected employees living there to the required health measures.
"This process, which can only be done on campuses that include both employee housing and production facilities, adheres to strict industry guidelines and close-loop management policies issued by the Shenzhen government," it added.
It is not known which Apple products are produced at the two Shenzhen plants. Logistical difficulties and factory shutdowns are making it harder to ship goods to overseas customers, according to manufacturers in Guangdong province.
The first annual sales decline in six years will be caused by a shortage of chips, and the supply chain will be challenged by the year 2022.
Apple said the chip shortage cost it $6 billion in the last quarter of 2021, but predictions remained bullish for this year despite these strains on the global supply chain. The chip shortage is expected to last into the second half of 2022.
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