Two major Taiwanese chipmakers, however, said their China
facilities are operating as normal.
The development comes as tight coal supplies in China and
toughening emissions standards have triggered a contraction in heavy industry
in several regions, dragging on the country's economic growth rate, analysts
have said.
Apple supplier Unimicron Technology late on Sunday said
three of its China subsidiaries stopped production from midday on September 26
until midnight on September 30 to "comply with the local governments'
electricity limiting policy".
The Taiwanese maker of printed circuit boards said it did
not expect significant impact as other plants would make up production.
Eson Precision, an affiliate of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision
Industry (Foxconn), in a statement said it suspended production from Sunday
until Friday at facilities in the Chinese city of Kunshan.
Concraft Holding, a supplier of speaker components for
Apple's iPhone and which owns manufacturing plants in Suzhou city, said it
would suspend production for five days until noon on Thursday and use inventory
to meet demand.
Chipmakers United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) and Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing Co told Reuters there was no impact at their China
plants.
"UMC's Hejian fab in Suzhou is currently running at
full capacity utilization of 80,000 plus wafers per month," said the
Taiwanese firm, whose clients include Qualcomm Inc.
Two people familiar with the matter told Reuters that
facilities in Kunshan of contract manufacturer Foxconn have seen a "very
small" impact on production.
Foxconn had to "adjust" a small part of its
capacity there, which includes the manufacture of non-Apple notebook computers,
one of the people said, adding that the company has not seen any impact at
other major production hubs across China.
The second person said the company had to move some of the
Kunshan workers' shifts in late September to early October.
Foxconn, a major Apple supplier, declined to comment. ©
Reuters
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