KUNSHAN , China, May 27 (UPI) -- A massive Chinese electronics factory, the clients of which include Apple and Samsung, says it slashed 60,000 jobs by bringing in robots.
The Foxconn plant in Jiangsu province is one of many manufacturing facilities, many Taiwanese-owned, in the county of Kunshan, an electronics hub. After a 2014 explosion and fire -- blamed on inadequate safety standards and hit-or-miss industrialization -- killed 146 workers and injured the city's reputation, automation has been the byword.