Motorola to close Texas factory responsible for Moto X customization

Motorola looks like they aren’t catching a break. The tech company has confirmed with The Wall Street Journal that it will shut down its smartphone factory in Fort Worth, Texas, where the brand assembles the customized Moto X devices. They cite poor sales and high cost for the move. While the plant will be closed, Motorola still plans to make the Moto Maker customization feature available for those planning on getting the smartphone.

It was an ambitious risk for Google to build smartphones on American soil and it seems it hasn’t paid off for them. The plant previously had 3,000 employees but that was later whittled down to 700. Now, those 700 employees look like they will have to look for work elsewhere.  

Source: Cult of Android

Foxconn plant in China closed after 2,000 workers get in brawl over dispute

A huge brawl involving 2,000 factory workers has forced the closure of a Foxconn plant in Taiyuan, China. The brawl was an escalation over a dispute between how workers were treated. Foxconn is one of the more prominent factories that manufacture products for various technology companies. The Taiyuan factory has 79,000 workers and is said to be the plant where the iPhone 5 is being manufactured.

Foxconn is the biggest contract factory of electronic goods, in China it employs a total of about 1 million workers.

Source: Toronto Sun