Ondrej Holzman Pambuyo pa kugwa kwa GT Advanced Technologies, yomwe imayenera kupanga safiro pazinthu za maapulo, Apple idalonjeza kuti sichoka ku Mesa, Arizona, komwe kuli fakitale yayikulu. Ku Arizona, Apple ipeza ntchito zatsopano ndikumanganso fakitale kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito pazinthu zina.
"Awonetsa kudzipereka kwawo kwa ife: akufuna kukonzanso ndikugwiritsanso ntchito nyumbayi," adatero Bloomberg Christopher Brady, Mtsogoleri wa Mzinda wa Mesa. Apple ikuyang'ana kwambiri "kusunga ntchito ku Arizona" ndipo adalonjeza "kugwira ntchito ndi akuluakulu aboma ndi am'deralo akamaganizira zotsatila."
Mesa, mzinda wa anthu pafupifupi theka la milioni kunja kwa Phoenix, wakhala ndi zokumana nazo zosasangalatsa m'masabata aposachedwa, popeza anthu opitilira 700 adataya ntchito pambuyo pa kugwa kwadzidzidzi kwa GTAT. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, Apple poyamba inakonza fakitale iyi ngati kubwerera kwake kwakukulu ku United States ponena za kupanga, koma mwachiwonekere sichidzatulutsa safiro.
"Apple ikadatha kuyika ndalama ku fakitale kulikonse padziko lapansi," azindikira Mesa Mesa John Giles, yemwe tsopano akukonzekera kupita ku Cupertino kukawonetsa Apple akuthandiza mzindawu. "Pali zifukwa zomwe adabwera kuno, ndipo palibe chomwe chasintha."
Sizikudziwikabe momwe Apple idzagwiritsire ntchito fakitale, pomwe kampani ina ya solar panel idasokonekera pamaso pa GTAT. Oimira makampani onse awiri - Apple ndi GTAT - anakana kuyankhapo.
Koma mzinda wa Mesa womwewo ndi chigawo cha Arizona achita ntchito zambiri kuti akope Apple kuderali. Zofunikira za mphamvu zongowonjezwdwa za 100 za Apple zidakwaniritsidwa, malo opangira magetsi atsopano adamangidwa, komanso kuti malo ozungulira fakitale adasankhidwa kukhala malo ochitira malonda akunja adachepetsa kwambiri msonkho wa katundu.
Mutha kupeza nkhani yonse ya momwe mgwirizano pakati pa GTAT ndi Apple udalephera komanso momwe makampani awiriwa adagawirana apa.
