Damage from earthquakes that hit southern Japan on Thursday and Saturday are preventing Sony from opening its plant in Kumamoto. This is a factory that produces CMOS image sensors for smartphone cameras such as the ones found on the Apple iPhone. The factory will remain shuttered as the electronics company tries to determine how much of an impact the quakes have had on the manufacturing capabilities of the facility.Besides extending the temporary shutdown of the Kumamoto plant, Sony is also forced to close part of its factory in Nagasaki. That plant also is involved in the production of ...
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