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Intel's Chengdu plant reopens after quake

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-05-21 10:41

Intel Corp said on Tuesday it has reopened its chip assembly and test facility in Chengdu, China, a site 89 kilometers from the epicenter of the massive earthquake that rattled Sichuan Province on May 12.

"We are ramping it up as fast as we can," Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy said, without giving an estimate on when the facility would return to full capacity.

Mulloy said the company started powering up the plant and checking its machinery on Friday and output resumed on Sunday.

The plant, which is used to package and test silicon components, suffered cosmetic damage in last week's quake, but seismic analysis revealed no structural damage, Mulloy said.