Foxconn closes all polishing workshops, supply affected tech

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal published late Monday, Foxconn has closed all its China workshops dealing with the polishing products and electronic components. According to a spokesman of the company, the closure could last up to two days. "The workshops may be submitted online as soon as they pass the test," the WSJ reported him said. Foxconn produces products for many large of electronics companies in the world, including Apple, Sony, Nintendo and HP.

The closure of the workshop are an explosion of Friday at Chengdu's Foxconn factory, located in the rural interior of China, of which three workers were killed. Fifteen others were injured. The plant is closed for an investigation and security checks are performed. The cause of the accident is thought to be related to an accumulation of combustible dust in a workshop of polishing aluminum. The closure of the workshops of the company increases the likelihood of problems occurring with the global supply of many electronic products.

As the WSJ States, with closed shops, a bottleneck will likely take place, disrupting all manufacturing and Assembly process. According to DigiTimes, out of the iPad 2 could be affected by about 30 percent, although this estimate came before that Foxconn closed all its workshops polishing for the new security checks.

The spokesman for the Taiwan-based company has promised to make public the findings of its investigation into the cause of Fridaya€ ? explosion of s. a€ aliste now aims to provide support to the families of deceased employees and ensure that the injured employees were all medical care and other forms of support they needa €

The company is rarely out of the news - the company was recently awarded its workers to sign a contract "no suicide" following the death of 14 staff over the past two years. In July 2010, 250 workers in a factory in India Foxconn were taken to hospital suffering from poisoning by pesticides, and in June also last year, an employee dies from exhaustion after a change of 34 hours reported for the company.