Foxconn Technology Group is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the R&D and manufacturing of 3C products such as computers, communications, consumer electronics, etc., and widely involved in digital content, auto parts, access, cloud computing services, and the development and application of new energy and new materials.
With forward-looking decision-making, rooted technology and professional manufacturing, Foxconn has grown rapidly since it invested in mainland China in 1988 and Zhaoji in Taiwan in 1974. With more than one million employees and top customers in the world, it is the world's largest technology manufacturing service provider in the electronic industry. Since 2002, it has ranked first among the top 200 Chinese mainland enterprises in terms of exports (4.1% of the total exports of the mainland in 2020), and since 2005, it has ranked among the Fortune Global 500 Enterprises (ranking 22nd in 2021).
While continuously enhancing the existing technical advantages of precision molds, key components, electromechanical integration modules and other products, Foxconn Technology Group actively promotes cross domain scientific and technological integration, and has achieved fruitful results in such fields as nanotechnology, precision optics, environmental lighting, flat display, automation, semiconductor equipment, cloud computing services, etc.
Foxconn Tsinghua Nanotechnology Research Center has continuously made pioneering achievements in the field of controllable growth and application research of carbon nanotubes. The self-developed industrial robot "FOXBOT" has won the late mover advantage in technology and manufacturing in the global industry. The testing center of the group is a cooperative organization of ILAC International Laboratory, which is leading the industry in R&D verification, product testing, simulation experiments, material experiments, etc. Foxconn actively builds a green enterprise of "energy conservation, emission reduction, greening and recycling", enforces international environmental protection standards such as RoHS, WEEE, REACH, ErP, halogen-free (HF) requirements and conflict minerals management, independently develops green products such as LED energy-saving lamps, energy-saving aluminum, smart total heat exchangers, and promotes the continuous improvement of enterprise production conditions, living environment, and the quality of people's livelihood. Foxconn has established professional R&D networks and knowledge management platforms across Asia, the United States and Europe. In 2020, there were more than 4000 patent applications worldwide, of which more than 70% were invention patents. For 9 consecutive years, it has ranked the top in the total number of patent applications and invention patent applications in mainland China, and for 14 consecutive years, it has ranked the top in the number of patent approvals in the United States.
At the same time, relying on rich experience in production and management, Foxconn actively carried out the transformation from factory manufacturing and technology research and development to e-commerce, closely followed the pulse of knowledge economy and network economy, and worked hard to build a technology service enterprise.