As tragic as the Japanese earthquake has been, questions are rumbling quietly through the technology industry as to how it will affect component and device manufacture in the region. South East Asia is the home of a lot of major hardware companies. Toshiba have already stated that they will shut down to repair factories.
Qualcomm, major CPU, GPU provider to the mobile industry, also for see’s no significant disruption to their ability to keep their products flowing to OEM device manufacturers. As unempathetic as it may seem to be concerned about whether your latest greatest smartphone will still appear on time, the whole region needs income to help it stabilise. For all the people that have been adversely affected by the disaster, thoughts and best wishes go out to you. Economically though, business as usual for the region, is probably one of the best ways to help it.
Press Release: HTC Business As Usual After Japan Earthquake
Taoyuan , Taiwan – March 13, 2011 – HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, today provided assurances that the massive earthquake which occurred off the east coast of Honshu last Friday, 11 March 2011, has not had a significant impact on its global business to date.
Peter Chou, CEO, HTC, said: “ HTC global supply chain and distribution channels remain unaffected and operating as normal. We have a comprehensive business continuity strategy and framework in place, which activates a secondary supply chain, in the event of a crisis or natural disaster, such as last Friday’s massive earthquake. HTC is also working closely with our global supply chain and distribution channel partners to monitor the situation in Japan, and will take any necessary steps to ensure that our operations remain business unaffected.”
Via IntoMobile
