Three employees said in an interview with the South China Morning Post on Monday that the company had reduced monthly working hours, while another said his daily shift was operating at reduced hours.
Another worker said around one-third of the machines on his production floor had been idle for about a week because of a shortage of wafers normally supplied by Nexperia’s fabs in Germany and the United Kingdom.
“The machines rarely stopped. They were kept running even during holidays,” the worker said, adding that the stoppage was highly unusual.
In response, Beijing imposed export controls on products from the Dongguan factory, while Nexperia China publicly rejected directives from its Netherlands headquarters, declaring to employees and customers that it would continue operating independently.
