Fire breaks out at Chinese factory belonging to supplier of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 batteries
Samsung SDI Co., a supplier of batteries to explosion-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, said a “minor fire” broke out at a plant in northern China but was quickly put out.
Pictures that were circulated on Weibo, a Twitter-like Chinese social media service, showed plumes of black smoke rising into the air from what users described as a plant operated by the affiliate of Samsung Electronics Co. in Tianjin.
The fire occurred at a waste depository, not a production facility, Shin said.
Samsung SDI was one of two battery suppliers for the Note 7 smartphones, which was eventually killed off after a global recall. Samsung Electronics this month completed a probe into the device and cited flaws in battery manufacturing and design.
SDI said this month is has invested about 150 billion won ($129 million) in safety, after it was put into the limelight for the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, however, the company is actually going to be supplying the bulk of the batteries for the Galaxy S8 as well.
(Courtesy Bloomberg)
