Luxshare Explained

Luxshare Precision Industry Co. Ltd.
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S:立讯精密工业股份有限公司
Native Name Lang:zh
Type:Public
Industry:Electronic connector manufacturing
Founder:Wang Laichun
Hq Location:Bao'an District
Hq Location City:Shenzhen, Guangdong
Hq Location Country:China
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Products:Electronic components

Luxshare Precision Industry Co. Ltd., also known as Luxshare-ICT, is a Chinese electronic components manufacturer.

History

Wang Laichun is the company's chairwoman, and co-founder.[1] Wang founded Luxshare after ten years at Foxconn. Her brother, Wang Laishen, is Luxshare's vice chairman and is also ex-Foxconn.[2] Wang Laichun's leadership style is seen as similar to Foxconn's Terry Gou.[3]

Luxshare was founded in 2004 in Dongguan, China. The company designs and manufacturers computer cables; it is also a key assembler of AirPods for Apple Inc.[4] The company was listed publicly on the SME board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2010.[5]

In 2020, Luxshare became an iPhone assembler after acquiring two iPhone assembly plants from Wistron.[6]

In 2022, Luxshare was accused by Taiwanese prosecutors of stealing trade secrets. They were alleged to have poached much of competitor Catcher Technology's China based research and development team, this combined with the theft of trade secrets from Catcher is alleged to have allowed Luxshare to rapidly enter Apple's supply chain.[7]

During the 2022 COVID-19 protests in China, Luxshare was reported by The Wall Street Journal to gain an additional foothold in Apple's supply chain following protests at a Foxconn factory in the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone.[8]

As of July 2023, Luxshare was reportedly the initial and only contract manufacturer for Apple's Vision Pro spatial computer.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us_Luxshare-ICT. 2021-09-16.
  2. News: Sanghani. Radhika. World's 5 richest self-made women - how did they do it?. 12 November 2014. The Daily Telegraph. 4 March 2014.
  3. Web site: LI . LAULY . TING-FANG . CHENG . Luxshare grows into China's iPhone champion with help from Apple . asia.nikkei.com . Nikkei.
  4. Web site: Despite trade war: Apple has more Chinese suppliers than ever. Felicitas. Shintya. 2019-04-05. AsiaFundManagers.com. en-INT. 2020-01-28.
  5. Web site: About Us_Luxshare-ICT. 2021-09-16.
  6. News: Apple supplier Luxshare plans share issue to fund new production lines . reuters.com . 21 February 2022 . Reuters . 15 July 2022.
  7. Web site: Taiwan accuses Chinese Apple supplier of stealing secrets, charges 14 . cnbc.com . CNBC . 15 July 2022.
  8. News: Yang . Jie . Tilley . Aaron . 3 December 2022 . Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China . . 4 December 2022.
  9. Web site: Times . Financial . Apple forced to make major cuts to Vision Pro headset production plans . Ars Technica . 2023-07-03 . 2023-07-03.