Apple’s laptop casing unit in China remains closed
Posted on December 9, 2011
On complaints from the local residents, the factory that produces the laptop casings of
Apple’s MacBook is under constant inspection from the concerned authorities in Chinese towns. The people have complained that unbearable, fowl odour is emitting from the factory premises.
Apple does not seem to be concerned about the complaints.
In the month of October, the factory in Suzhou, China was closed down by the company Catcher Technology, based in Taiwan.
The Taiwanese company refused to make any comment. It however said that the factory is under periodic inspection by the authorities. Earlier, that is in the month of October, it had stated that if the factory remains closed, its sales revenue in the month of October and November would fall by 20 and 40 % respectively.
Yee Fang, a spokeswoman of the local authorities stated that the waste-gas treatment system of the factory is under observation. Steps are being taken to set things right. There is nothing else to report for the time being.
Helen Chiang, an analyst of IDC, a research firm remarked that Apple is not worried about the current situation in the Suzhou factory as it is concentrating on its production elsewhere. The situation is under control for Apple. The analyst forecasts that the demand for Apple’s MacBook laptop for the forth quarter will be lower than that in the third quarter.