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Apple Suppliers Begin Laying Off Workers Due to Slow iPhone Sales

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Apple keeps adjusting production of the 2018 iPhone generation due to weaker than anticipated demand, and the company has just decided to cut orders at suppliers for the second time in a row, according to a new report.

Cupertino first reduced production of the iPhone XS and iPhone XR in late October, and now Digitimes writes that suppliers were informed of a second cut earlier this week.

Several Taiwan supply chain partners are seriously hurt by Apple’s adjusted production, with some announcing layoffs in order to reduce manufacturing costs and align the output with Cupertino’s requirements.

Career Technology, which makes flexible PCBs for iPhones, laid off a total of 110 workers, the source adds, while another unnamed iPhone assembler has decided to accelerate its restructuring plans with layoffs earlier than anticipated following Apple’s production cut.

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