GM seeking new China suppliers after factory blast kills 69 people
US MOTOR giant GM yesterday announced that it had asked its main Chinese supplier to find an alternative source of components after an explosion ripped through a factory a day earlier, killing at least 69 people.
About 200 people were also injured in the blast at the Zhongrong Metal Product plant in Kunshan city, about 1,000km, south east of Beijing. Chinese investigators determined that poor safety measures had led to the blast.
It was China’s worst industrial accident in a year, since a fire at a poultry plant killed 119 people in June last year.
GM said the blast did not cause any immediate impact on its production, because it had “sufficient inventory” of the parts. However, it added: “We are working with our supplier to establish alternate processing capability,”