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Quanta Computer Inc (廣達電腦), an assembler of Apple Inc’s MacBooks, has partially resumed operations in Shanghai after a surge in COVID-19 cases led to lockdowns in the city.
The Quanta Shanghai Manufacturing City (QSMC, 廣達上海製造城), Quanta’s manufacturing base in Shanghai, on Friday resumed production with about 2,000 staff members working in a closed-loop management system, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
Production at its F1 and F3 factories, which make laptops for Apple and accessories for Tesla Inc respectively, was under way, the report said.
The resumption means that 5 percent of QSMC’s 40,000 employees across eight factories in Shanghai have returned to
Quanta Computer Inc (廣達電腦), which assembles MacBooks for Apple Inc, yesterday said its Chinese subsidiary has suspended production, the latest among Apple’s supply chain facing production disruptions as China sticks to its strict “zero COVID-19” policy.
The world’s biggest contract laptop computer manufacturer said in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange that the subsidiary, Tech-Com (Shanghai) Computer Ltd (達功上海電腦), has halted production in response to the Shanghai government’s COVID-19 prevention measures.
The factory at the Shanghai Songjiang Export Processing Zone would resume operations when it receives notification from the local government, it said.
The impact of the Shanghai factory shutdown has