In what amounts to a serious environmental breach or a continuation of China’s anti-Apple PR blitz — or both — Chinese regulators are scrutinizing a pair of Apple suppliers in China over pollution allegations. The factories in question, located in Kunshan, an electronics manufacturing hotbed about 40 miles west of Shanghai, are reportedly dumping large amounts of heavy metals into local rivers. The plants are owned by Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group and UniMicron Technology. Pollution or no, both plants are among Apple’s 2013 suppliers.
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Bad Apple: China Investigating Alleged Supplier Pollution
Posted by: David Vranicar August 5, 2013 08:43 AMIn what amounts to a serious environmental breach or a continuation of China’s anti-Apple PR blitz — or both — Chinese regulators are scrutinizing a pair of Apple suppliers in China over pollution allegations. The factories in question, located in Kunshan, an electronics manufacturing hotbed about 40 miles west of Shanghai, are reportedly dumping large amounts of heavy metals into local rivers. The plants are owned by Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group and UniMicron Technology. Pollution or no, both plants are among Apple’s 2013 suppliers.