Luxshare, officially Luxshare Precision Industry Co.,Ltd and also known as Luxshare-ICT. is a Chinese electronic components manufacturer.
History
Wang Laichun
Wang Laichun (, born 1966/1967) is a Chinese billionaire, chairwoman, and co-founder of the electronics manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry Co.,Ltd, better known as Luxshare-ICT. Founded in 2004 in Dongguan, China, the company designs and m ...
is the company's chairwoman, and co-founder. Wang founded Luxshare after ten years at
Foxconn
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., trading as Hon Hai Technology Group in China and Taiwan and Foxconn internationally, is a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer established in 1974 with headquarters in Tucheng, New ...
. Her brother Wang Laishen is Luxshare's vice chairman and is also ex-Foxconn.
Wang Laichun's leadership style is seen as similar to Foxconn's
Terry Gou
Terry Gou (; born 18 October 1950) is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman who is the Founder and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Foxconn. Foxconn is the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, with factories in sev ...
.
Luxshare was founded in 2004 in
Dongguan, China. The company designs and manufacturers computer cables; it is also a key assembler of
AirPods
AirPods are wireless Bluetooth earbuds designed by Apple Inc. They were first announced on September 7, 2016, alongside the iPhone 7. Within two years, they became Apple's most popular accessory. The most recent model, AirPods (3rd generatio ...
for Apple Inc. The company was listed publicly on the SME board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2010.
In 2020, Luxshare became an
iPhone assembler after acquiring two iPhone assembly plants from
Wistron
Wistron Corporation () is an electronics manufacturer based in Taiwan. It was the manufacturing arm of Acer Inc. before being spun off in 2000. As an original design manufacturer, the company designs and manufactures products for other compan ...
.
In 2022, Luxshare was accused by Taiwanese prosecutors of stealing trade secrets. They were alleged to have poached much of competitor
Catcher Technology
Catcher Technology Corporation, is an electronics casing manufacturing company founded on November 23, 1984. The company has since focused on making shells for electronics such as PC notebooks, cell phones, and cameras, using magnesium alloy die ...
'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.
During the
2022 COVID-19 protests in China, Luxshare was reported by ''
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...
'' to gain an additional foothold in
Apple
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's supply chain following protests at a
Foxconn
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., trading as Hon Hai Technology Group in China and Taiwan and Foxconn internationally, is a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer established in 1974 with headquarters in Tucheng, New ...
factory in the
Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone
Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone (), abbreviated as ZAEZ, is an airport-based economy zone developed around Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in Henan, People's Republic of China. It is located about to the southeast of Zhengzhou, and cov ...
.
See also
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Pegatron
References
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Electronics companies established in 2004
Chinese companies established in 2004
Electronics companies of China
Chinese brands