Foxconn to expand in Slovakia

Foxconn - also known as Hon Hai Precision - plans to increase production output at the Nitra manufacturing facility during 2011. The production capacity - Foxocnn manufactures LCD TVs in Nitra - is to be increased by 50%. Furthermore, work force numbers are also to increase. No specific schedule was announced. Foxconn - which acquired the Nitra facility from Sony in 2010 - currently employs around 3'000 staff there. This is to increase to 3'900 over the course of the year, local media reports.