A Samsung decided to temporarily halt activities in its factory of chips in Xian, China. The decision, announced this Wednesday (29), was motivated by new outbreaks of cases of covid-19 in that region of the country, associated with the Ômicron variant do Sars-CoV-2.
Located in the central region of Chinese territory, the capital of Shaanxi province has registered a large number of people infected by the new coronavirus in recent weeks. As a result, the local administration decided to impose a series of restrictions to contain the spread of the disease, affecting the displacement of factory workers.
“Given the current situation at covid-19, we decided to temporarily adjust operations at our manufacturing facility in Xian, China. The decision was made in line with our commitment to protect health and the safety of our employees and partners, which continues to be our main priority”, explained the South Korean giant.
Xian has been recording many covid-19 cases in recent weeks.Source: Unsplash
In the statement, big tech also said that it is taking all necessary measures to prevent customers from being affected by the stoppage at the Chinese unit, amid a chip shortage which has impacted several segments. Among the actions disclosed is the expansion of the production capacity of processors in other industrial plants of the company.
Factory recently expanded
Opened in 2014, the Samsung factory in Xian it is the company’s only memory chip unit outside of South Korea. In 2020, it received new investments to be expanded, with the expansion process ending in March of this year.
Since then, the unit is responsible for producing around 40% of chips for NAND flash memory used by the company. All this capacity will resume as soon as the blockades in the city are lifted, as a representative of the tech giant told the Korea Herald.
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