Foxconn
E59361
multinational electronics manufacturing company
original design manufacturer
original equipment manufacturer
Foxconn is a major Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer best known for assembling products for companies like Apple, including iPhones and other consumer devices.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foxconn canonical | 9 |
| Foxconn global headquarters | 1 |
| Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T476359 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foxconn Context triple: [iPod, mainManufacturer, Foxconn]
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A.
Toshiba
Toshiba is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate known for its electronics, semiconductors, and information technology products and services.
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B.
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
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C.
TSMC
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, renowned for producing cutting-edge chips for major technology companies.
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D.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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E.
Nokia
Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications and consumer electronics company best known for its historic leadership in mobile phones and its current focus on network infrastructure and 5G technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foxconn Target entity description: Foxconn is a major Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer best known for assembling products for companies like Apple, including iPhones and other consumer devices.
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A.
Toshiba
Toshiba is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate known for its electronics, semiconductors, and information technology products and services.
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B.
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
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C.
TSMC
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, renowned for producing cutting-edge chips for major technology companies.
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D.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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E.
Nokia
Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications and consumer electronics company best known for its historic leadership in mobile phones and its current focus on network infrastructure and 5G technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multinational electronics manufacturing company
ⓘ
original design manufacturer ⓘ original equipment manufacturer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Foxconn
ⓘ
surface form:
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
|
| chairman | Young Liu ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Taiwan, Province of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
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| foundedIn | 1974 ⓘ |
| founder | Terry Gou ⓘ |
| hasControversy |
labor conditions in Chinese factories
ⓘ
worker suicides at Shenzhen facilities ⓘ |
| hasInitiative |
automation and use of industrial robots
ⓘ
expansion of manufacturing in India ⓘ |
| hasMajorFacilityIn |
Chengdu
ⓘ
surface form:
Chengdu, China
Czech Republic ⓘ India ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Shenzhen, China ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
Zhengzhou ⓘ
surface form:
Zhengzhou, China
|
| headquartersLocation | Tucheng District, New Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ |
| industry |
contract manufacturing
ⓘ
electronics manufacturing ⓘ information technology hardware ⓘ |
| legalForm | public company ⓘ |
| majorClient |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
Dell ⓘ Hewlett-Packard ⓘ Microsoft ⓘ Nintendo ⓘ Sony ⓘ |
| marketPosition |
largest contract electronics manufacturer for Apple
ⓘ
one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers by revenue ⓘ |
| notableProductAssembled |
Apple Macintosh computers
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Mac computers
iPad ⓘ
surface form:
Apple iPad
iPhone ⓘ
surface form:
Apple iPhone
Xbox ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Xbox consoles
Nintendo consoles ⓘ
surface form:
Nintendo gaming devices
PlayStation ⓘ
surface form:
Sony PlayStation consoles
|
| numberOfEmployees | over 1 million (approximate, varies by year) ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOf | Foxconn Technology Group subsidiaries ⓘ |
| primaryManufacturingBase | China ⓘ |
| productCategory |
computer hardware
ⓘ
consumer electronics ⓘ telecommunications equipment ⓘ |
| regionServed | global ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
components manufacturing
ⓘ
contract manufacturing for consumer electronics ⓘ high-volume electronics assembly ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | Taiwan Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | 2317.TW ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Foxconn Description of subject: Foxconn is a major Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer best known for assembling products for companies like Apple, including iPhones and other consumer devices.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
subject surface form:
Tucheng District
this entity surface form:
Foxconn global headquarters