Explosion at Foxconn’s iPad factory derails May revenue

By on Jun 13, 2011 at 5:36 PM
Business June 13, 2011

An explosion at Foxconn’s iPad manufacturing plant in Chengdu, China last month had a negative impact on the company’s business in May despite initial assurances to the contrary. Foxconn’s revenue last month dipped 2.14% sequentially to NT$200.56 billion, or approximately US$6.95 billion, following production halts tied to the fatal explosion that killed three workers and injured at least 15 more. The tragic accident, caused by the ignition of flammable aluminum dust in a parts polishing workshop, is thought to have cut iPad 2 production by as many as 500,000 units. Foxconn’s revenue in May was still up 23% compared to the same month last year.

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  • Anonymous

    O M G Does this mean that android and all other tablets will sell because people can’t get an ipad 2? O M G

    • Anonymous

      Let’s not get carried away. Android OEMs could put winning lottery numbers in their device boxes and the devices still wouldn’t sell. 

      • sirpaul

        Lottery tickets for the Apple Store, maybe…

    • sirpaul

      No…probably not. People who buy Apple buy because it’s Apple – it’s Apple or the highway!

  • Vinnyoflegend

    Polishing? So people died in order that iSheep could have shinies? :(

    • sirpaul

      Well, that’s a pretty retarded way to look at it…Nobody died in order to give people “shinies”, they just happened to die while doing it. The sad part is that the media is more concerned about iPad shortages rather than the safety issues, the two dead people and the other 16 injured.

      • Byrep

        nothing is short, its just apple’s act to call every thing short. Ppl like u gives important to stupid s#!t

      • sirpaul

        What?! Please learn to punctuate, spell and use proper grammar.

        it’s*
        Apple’s*
        everything*
        People*
        you*

        And the rest simply doesn’t make sense.

      • KCRic

        “Ppl like u gives important to stupid s#it”

        Hello pot, I’m kettle and you’re black.

      • http://www.facebook.com/michaeljmcgrath Michael McGrath

        seriously…stop with the english lessons… its more toolish than screwing up

        (and, i know it’s “it’s” up there…i did that on purpose)

      • Anonymous

        It’s 3 dead people and 15 injured and you’re right it is pretty pathetic.

    • sirpaul

      Nobody died in order to give iSheep “shinies”. They just happened to die while doing it. The sad part is that the media is more focused on the iPad shortages rather than the safety issues at the Foxconn plant.

    • Anonymous

      On the contrary, it appears they died so immature Phandroids could make lame jokes. 

      • Anonymous

        Not sure which group is more pathetic. The iSheep are ignorant while the Fandroid’s are retarded. It’s a tough call which side is the more brain dead of the two groups.

    • Anonymous

      Yep, people died because iSheep still demand a pretty toy so they can act like rich idiots in coffee shops and look like complete jackasses amongst their peers.

      • Guest

        Sounds like someone can’t afford iToys. Toooo baaaaad.

      • Anonymous

        Well chalk up another +1 for the ignorant iSheep side. Looks like the iSheep crowd are pulling out all the stops to become known as the chief idiots on the net.

      • http://genesisx.myopenid.com/ Genesis

        3GS is $0 now.  Mac Desktop and Laptops are expensive but even low income people in America can afford cheap iphones and cheap ipods.

      • http://www.facebook.com/michaeljmcgrath Michael McGrath

        i dont know, dude… i mean they make a pretty legit product…

        i used to hate on the iphone until i tried it…if it were 4g, i probably would have stuck with it… stuff just WORKS, its as if they put some thought into the design… the apps seem like they were made with you in mind and not as some afterthought (like many of the droid apps that I have on my thunderbolt… but ive heard droid’s programming code is obnoxious to deal with)

        oh, and the resale value is nothing to get pissy about…

      • Anonymous

        The point isn’t about Apple’s quality in products, I agree their products are generally pretty good. The point is Foxxconn treats their employees like garbage and people died because of their sweatshop work environment. Apple and other companies know about all this and none of them care. That’s the point that’s being discussed.

  • Anonymous

    everyone needs to relax regarding this article… don’t you know how the b.g.r.
    game is played? the yin and the yang? the black and the white? the good and
    the bad? the left and the right? jonathan geller pumps apple… and zach epstein
    bashes apple. therefore this trash blog can never be accused of being biased.

    bravo… classic journalism… i dig your style

    • sirpaul

      Apple doesn’t run Foxconn – Foxconn does. The explosion doesn’t have anything to do with Apple (just indirectly). And Both Jonathan and Zach post a ton of pro-Apple news. Zach just seems to have some less biased opinions than Jon. When it comes to Apple, this blog is “yang” haha

      • Anonymous

        Apple is as covered in shit as Foxxconn. You can spin it any way you choose the fact is Apple WILLINGLY CHOOSES to do business with Foxxconn even though THEY KNOW Foxxconn treats their employees like garbage.

    • Anonymous

      People died because of a sweatshop concerned with making more money at any cost. There’s nothing to be relaxed about.

  • Anonymous

    Apple and other US corp never anticipate stuff like this that would other wise not happen in a US electronics plant.  But hey, its just the business.

    • Anonymous

      That wouldn’t happen in a US electronic plant? Exactly how would that not happen here? There are no explosions in factories in our country? Hmmm! Interesting.

      • Anonymous

        LOL Your right, my mistake, that happened last month at IBM Catskill, or, Intel Sunnyvale, exactly :)   US electronics MFG, if any remain have much higher safety protocols in there plants then one in China would, especially one where employees are killing themselves on company property. 

        That’s not to say it wouldn’t happen in the US, accidents happen, they are just more likely to happen at a plant with lower standards then the one with higher ones.

      • Anonymous

        Don’t get me wrong… I agree that accident prone is a reality and some are more prone to accidents than others. No matter where in the world they are. it’s not an American thing.

  • Anonymous

    Three killed, the financial impact is…

    • sirpaul

      What the hell is wrong with you, putting human lives on the same level as material possession? I don’t often agree with iHate and rarely like his comments, but this time he is right on. How much more pathetic can people get?

      • Cer

        I think he was being sarcastic. Your outrage should be directed at BGR and other tech sites who have reported on the explosion but solely on its impact upon production and output, and not on the continued conditions at Foxconn.

  • Anonymous

    Interesting that VERY FEW POSTERS on here have shown any sympathy towards the families of the dead and injured. I guess it just proves how pathetic the people of the industrialized world have become. Oh well maybe in a few years when your kids or grand kids become the next fresh set of statistics and are lying in their graves/hospital beds you’ll all see how pathetic your comments are.

  • Anonymous

    hmm no woner why the store i work at dont have any Ipads in stock. We usually get two or one when it gets shipped.

  • http://twitter.com/derrickisonline Derrick -Lex-

    Foxconn is a clusterfk.  Who’s running the show over there BP?

  • http://www.facebook.com/michaeljmcgrath Michael McGrath

    am i the only one who immediately thought “how has foxconn not been shut down yet?” after reading this…

    i mean… free market aside… i dont want people dying so i can have an iphone… fuck it, charge me an extra 10 percent and pay them more…

  • Cer

    How many Foxxconn explosion derails production posts will there be before BGR writes a post about the horrible conditions in those factories? 5, 10, 20?

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