IPad 2 production plant exploded

At one of the plants of Foxconn Technology Group, producing the iPhone, iPod, iPad and Dell Computers, an explosion occurred on Friday night.

At least two people died and 16 were injured, according to the New Zealand Herald. The explosion occurred in the building where the production of Apple iPad 2.
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In the video of the incident, one can see black smoke flying over one of the buildings, workers in a panic leaving the site. The local fire service was able to quickly establish control over the situation, according to Edmund Ding, a company spokesman.



The incident occurred at about 7 pm local time at the Foxconn support facility in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in southwestern China. The cause of the explosion is currently being established.

The Herald reports that anonymous Foxconn employees told the China's Economic Observer newspaper that the most likely cause was explosive dust. This could occur when a powdered explosive substance is confined in an enclosed space and accumulated.

Foxconn stopped production until the end of the investigation, according to Ding, who did not want to disclose which products were manufactured at the factory. However, Economic Observer yesterday announced that the plant is assembling an iPad 2.



How it will affect Apple

RBC Capital analyst Mike Abramsky believes that the explosion will affect Apple as if most of the iPads were produced at the Chengdu plant, then Apple may have serious problems with the iPad 2 this quarter. However, if another plant (in Shenzhen) makes more tablets , the impact will be minimal.
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Friday's fire is one of the latest developments in the Foxconn difficulty chain. Previously, the plant was repeatedly criticized by experts in the field of human rights protection, as the plants had inhuman working conditions.

The suicide news in the Shenzhen factory complex (more than 300,000 people work here) occupied the front pages of newspapers for a long time last year. The company said it would raise workers wages in order to stop the wave of suicide.