China fire rattles world chip supply chain

[Terpe]

A fire at a giant Chinese factory making almost one-sixth of the world's supply of a key high-tech component shows how vulnerable global manufacturing chains can be to an unexpected event, analysts say.



Source:-
http://www.rappler.com/business/econ...p-supply-chain

[grahamw48]

Almost like an oil crisis.

I hope we're still managing to manufacture some in this country.

[SimonH]

Didn't this happen twice in the early 90's