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Foxconn halts Tamil Nadu operations over Nokia shutdown

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Foxconn halts Tamil Nadu operations over Nokia shutdown


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CHENNAI: Electronics component manufacturer Foxconn said it will suspend operations at its eight-year-old facility in Chennai as its only customer, the now mothballed plant of Nokia, stopped production in October. The shutdown of FIH India Pvt Ltd will be effective December 24, the company said in a news release.

Management representatives of the plant and union members are set to work on the final settlement formalities at a local labour office on Friday. Foxconn India's only client was the Finnish phone-maker Nokia, to which it has been supplying panels. "The winding down of Foxconn could just have not been prevented," a management member told ET.

Nokia's Chennai factory had been seized by tax authorities, accusing the company of evading tax, a charge it denies. Because of the tax dispute, the facility wasn't part of Nokia's now-completed deal to sell its telecom handset business to Microsoft.

The Foxconn plant was set up with the express intent to supply to Nokia and the facility cannot used for making smartphone components.



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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
 
நோக்கியாவை தொடர்ந்து 'பாக்ஸ்கான்' மூடல்: 1,500 தொழிலாளர்கள் வேலை இழப்பு

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சென்னை: ஸ்ரீபெரும்புதூர் சிறப்பு பொருளாதார மண்டலத்தில், நோக்கியா மொபைல் போன் ஆலையைத் தொடர்ந்து, 'பாக்ஸ்கான்' என்ற ஆலையும் மூடப்படுகிறது. இதனால், இந்நிறுவனத்தின், 1,500 நேரடி தொழிலாளர்கள் வேலை இழக்கின்றனர்.தொழிற்சங்கங்கள், வேலைவாய்ப்பு நலத் துறையுடன் நடத்திய பல கட்ட பேச்சுக்கள் தோல்வியடைந்ததை தொடர்ந்து, இம்மாதம் மூன்றாவது வாரத்தில் இருந்து, ஆலையை மூடப் போவதாக, 'பாக்ஸ்கான்' நிர்வாகம், காஞ்சிபுரம் மாவட்டம், தொழிலாளர் நலத்துறை உதவி ஆணையருக்கு, எழுத்து மூலம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. நோக்கியா நிறுவனத்துக்கு, அக்டோபர் மாதம் வரை, 'பாக்ஸ்கான்' பொருட்கள் சப்ளை செய்யப்பட்டன. நவம்பர் முதல் வாரத்தில், நோக்கியா மூடப்பட்ட பின், 'பாக்ஸ்கான்' நிறுவனத்துக்கான ஆர்டர், பெருமளவு குறைந்து விட்டது. இதனால், பிளாஸ்டிக் பிரிவை, இம்மாதம் 15ம் தேதியுடனும், மோல்டிங் பிரிவை, 22ம் தேதியுடனும் மூடப் போவதாக, 'பாக்ஸ்கான்' நிறுவனம் அறிவித்துள்ளது.


இதுகுறித்து, அந்நிறுவனம் வெளியிட்டுள்ள அறிக்கை: இந்திய வாடிக்கையாளர்களிடம் ஏற்பட்ட மாற்றம் மற்றும் தயாரிப்பு தேவையை கருத்தில் கொண்டு, சென்னையில் இயங்கி வரும் நிறுவனம் மூடப்படுகிறது. இதனால் பாதிக்கப்படும் தொழிலாளர்களின் நலன் குறித்து, அரசு மற்றும் தொழிலாளர் சங்கங்களுடன் பேசி வருகிறோம். வாடிக்கையாளர் தேவையை கருத்தில் கொண்டு, தொடர் முதலீடு செய்வது குறித்து சிந்திப்போம். இவ்வாறு, அறிக்கையில் கூறப்பட்டு உள்ளது.

ஆலை நிர்வாகத்தின் முடிவை, தொழிற்சங்கங்கள் கடுமையாக எதிர்க்கின்றன. தேவையற்ற காரணங்களைக் கூறி, ஆலையை மூட முயற்சிக்கின்றனர் என்பது தொழிற்சங்கங்களின் குற்றச்சாட்டாக உள்ளது. உண்மையான காரணம் குறித்து, தகவல் அறிந்த வட்டாரங்கள் கூறுகையில், 'தமிழகத்தில் நிலவும் தொழில் துறைக்கு சாதகமற்ற சூழ்நிலை, தொழிற்சங்கங்களின் தேவையற்ற நடவடிக்கைகள், அரசியல்வாதிகளின் ஆதரவின்மை ஆகியவற்றால், சென்னையில், கிட்டத்தட்ட 80 ஆயிரம் பேருக்கு வேலை கொடுத்த நிறுவனம், இங்கிருந்து வெளியேற முடிவு செய்து விட்டது' என்கின்றன.

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1. There will be charges flying left and right. There will be little truth in them. Because it is an inevitable decision. When Nokia went the days of not only Foxconn but also a few other Units in that belt also closed shutters.

2. A white knight in his beautiful white horse will come to save when the unit and its assets are sold out. He may be an Ambani or a Tata. He will revive the production after recruiting people afresh. He can not take over the unit as it is.

3. The facilities will have to be upgraded to supply components to a smart phone manufacturer which will require capital. An Industrial house with experience in this line of business may come to take over the assets after a due diligence exercise and in course of time start production.

4. Unions and politicians will have no role in this. If they want to do good to the worki ng population in that industrial belt they would be required to just keep quiet without becoming aggressive in their demands. Otherwise the knight who comes will be scared and will run away.
 
Sir,

According to the Economic Times news report, Foxconn is keen to invest $2 billion in India and has plans to buy Nokia’s Chennai plant.


I would like to share the following news item appeared in Economic Times and earnestly hope that this proposal which sounds good will materialise.


“With plans to invest$2 billion in India, iPhone maker Foxconn keen on Nokia's Chennai plant







NEW DELHI: Foxconn,which makes iPhones and iPads for Apple and the Kindle for Amazon,has emerged as a possible buyer for Nokia's defunct Chennai factory as the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer looks to invest around $2 billion in India. This comes within weeks of fast-growing domestic handset maker Lava being reported to be interested in acquiring the plant, once the world's biggest phone-making facility

In a related development, the telecom and IT ministry has proposed to the revenue department that
Nokia be allowed to sell the plant, currently frozen in a tax dispute, without passing on the legal liability to the buyer, people familiar with the matter told ET.


"The proceeds from the sale(of the plant) could be deposited into an escrow account, which, upon the final court ruling, can go to the winner," a senior government official told ET."The current dispute, as it stands, is lose-lose for both parties. Nokia can't sell, but if the plant and machinery goes to waste, the tax department will also not be able generate anything out of it."


He was referring to the dispute,now in court, between Nokia and the government that prevented the Finnish company from transferring the factory to Microsoft as part of a global$7.2-billion deal to sell its devices business to the US company. The factory closed after Microsoft decided to stop using it from November 1 as a contract manufacturer for its devices, putting thousands out of work.


The telecom and IT ministry has already held discussions with the revenue department on the matter, the official added. Foxconn is looking at investing around $2 billion in India,which would include the plant, according to people familiar with the matter."What makes Foxconn's investment plans even stronger is that one of its chief Indian clients, Micromax, is believed to have expressed its intention of sourcing as much as 25% of production if Foxconn were to take over the plant," one of them said.


Micromax's current lineup of handsets is made by Foxconn, mostly in mainland China. Moreover, Foxconn's unit that was serving as a vendor to the Nokia plant has been hit by its closure. A purchase by Foxconn could see this unit get a new lease of life, possibly re-employing many who were forced to retire or got laid off, the people said. Foxconn India mainly made mobile phone panels for Nokia India and set up shop in the Special Economic Zone near Chennai about eight years ago


Read more at: With plans to invest $2 billion in India, iPhone maker Foxconn keen on Nokia's Chennai plant - Economic Times
 
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