Friday’s explosionat a Foxconn plant in the Chinese city of Chengdu, where many iPads are produced, could affect the availability of Apple’s tablet device by up to 30%,Digitimes reports. It has been estimated that as Foxconn has been forced to suspend production in Chengdu City, shipments of Apple’s iPad 2 device could could be reduced by up to 30%, with sources estimating the plant accounted for nearly a third of shipments from Foxconn’s factories in China in April....

Manufacturing giant Foxconn’s plant in Chengdu, where many iPads are produced, suffered an explosion early Friday morning. Thereport from M.I.C. Gadgetindicates that there are currently more than 10 fire engines and ambulances and an array of police cars on the scene. There is video from eyewitnesses and reports that 6 or 7 people have been injured, with more coming in. Chengdu Hi-tech Industrial Park West Foxconn Building A5 was the portion of the factory affected by the explosion....

Remember Foxconn, Apple’s iPhone assembler? The Taiwanese company is now officially expanding its business areas and joining the EV game. At the Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD21) on Monday, Foxconnunveiledthree electric vehicle prototypes, hoping to grow its emergent auto segment into a $35.88 billion (NT$1 trillion) enterprise within the next five years. The three EVs — an SUV, a sedan, and a bus — were made by Foxtron, a joint venture betweenFoxconn and Yulon Motor, a Taiwanese automaker, which also produces Nissan and Mitsubishi cars for the local market....

Foxconn’s manufacturing plant in Chengdu, where many iPads are produced, has today reopenedfollowing an explosionthat killed 3 employees in May,AllThingsD reports. The manufacturer immediately shut down the plant to conduct an internal investigation at the factory, with report suggesting that the incident may have been caused by the explosion of the central air conditioning system in the building. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. said Thursday its polishing workshops in China resumed operation this week after an investigation into a deadly combustible dust explosion that killed three and injured 15 workers last month....

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