An Explosion at Apple Supplier in China, Foxconn, Kills Two Workers Putting Further Stress on iPad 2 Production

A huge blast took place at the Foxconn plant located in the Southwest of China this Friday evening, killing minimum two workers and leaving almost 16 wounded. Dark clouds of smoke were visible right after the blast took place in the building. Foxconn is the manufacture of Apple's largely demanded iPad 2 tablets. The Wall Street Journal published the official statement of Foxconn officials, as they declared that the situation is now under control, however, the cause of the blast remained unknown to them. Further in the statement, Foxconn said that "We are working with medical officials to provide treatment to the injured employees and we are working with government and law enforcement officials to contact the families of all employees affected by this tragedy,"

A video footage was revealed of the situation right after the blast by Sohu. The blast took place at precisely 7PM leading to a complete chaotic and panic struck scene at the site. The video displayed many workers, who were wearing surgical masks, running out of the building premises. M.I.C. Gadget’s reporter Herman Lai was very quick to arrive at the site and reported that the Chinese investigators are not considering the possibility of any human act to be involved which lead to the blast.

Apple’s Go-To iPad Makers, Foxconn, Attempts to Begin Assembling in Brazil

Foxconn, the Taiwanese company popular for its manufacturing agreement with Apple, for iPads, is planning to begin assembling in Brazil. It has shown its intentions to begin the work by July; however it is still occupied trying to get an agreement with the government regarding the tax breaks along with other incentives to bring the investment in the country. The Brazilian media is projecting the investment plan to be worthy of more than $12 billion, in terms of money. The announcement to suddenly begin its production from within the Brazil was made just last month while the Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, was visiting China.

Earlier, Foxconn had planned to begin the assembling of iPads in Brazil from November, however considering the enormous demand for the device in Brazil's itself and analyzing the boosting period of consumer market, it has announced to come as soon as July. Hence, the company hopes to get quicker replies from the government officials as they are hoping to set up so soon. The science and Technology Minister of Brazil, Aloizio Mercadante, reported said that "It's a daring timeline. Whatever is within our reach, we're going to work on making that viable."