Monday, April 25, 2016

Inside Apple's Top Secret Chinese iPhone Factory

  Military efficiency: Hundreds of workers line up for roll call at the Pegatron factory in Shanghai, China, which makes iPhones for Apple

 Lined up with military precision, hundreds of employees wait to make iPhones at one of the most secretive factories in the Apple production line. Dressed in pink jackets, blue hairnets and plastic slippers, the workers have their ID badges scanned on an iPad by a supervisor at morning roll call. From there, they make their way in single file to the assembly line but not before undergoing facial recognition checks at security turnstiles to clock in.


  Pegatron Corp employs up to 50,000 people to assemble iPhones at its plant in Shanghai which covers an area the size of 90 football fields. Access to the factory comes a month after the family of a 26-year-old worker at the plant claimed he died after working up to 12 hours a day. Tian Fulei was found dead on February 3 in a dormitory he shared with other workers near Shanghai at Pegatron

  Clocking in: A supervisor holds an iPad as he checks an employee's badge during roll call at a Pegatron factory in Shanghai, China
 A supervisor checks names of staff at the Pegatron factory, the secretive realm where the world's most profitable smartphones are made
 Employees line up for roll call at the Pegatron Corp factory in Shanghai, China, before heading to the assembly line for the day's work
 Roll call: Pegatron and Apple have adopted new procedures to keep assemblers from doing excessive overtime after years of accusations
 An employee looks into a facial recognition device which registers workers when they enter the assembly line area at the Pegatron factory
 Staff look into facial recognition devices as they swipe their badges to enter the assembly line area at the Pegatron factory in Shanghai
 An employee uses a facial recognition device as she swipes her badge to enter the assembly line area at the Pegatron Corp factory
 Employees check their pay stubs on computer terminals at an employee service centre inside the Pegatron Corp factory in Shanghai
 The factory is one of the most secretive facilities in the iPhone production line and covers an area equal to almost 90 football fields
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