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"Catcher Technology, the Chinese manufacturer that supplies the unibody casings for Apple\u2019s notebooks, said today that it was spending $2-3 million into the modification of equipment and manufacturing processes at its\u00A0Suzhou plant with the intention of getting it back up and running by November, according to a report by DigiTimes.\r\n\r\nCather\u2019s plant was shut down by Chinese authorities\u00A0earlier this week over environmental concerns, specifically due to local residents complaining of \u201Codorous gas emissions\u201D from the manufacturing unit.\r\n\r\nThe company is noted as being one of the largest suppliers in the world of metal casings for Apple, Dell, Lenovo and Sony notebooks. Apple, in particular, sources 60 percent of its distinctive unibody enclosures from Catcher, including cases for the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and iMac.\r\n\r\nCatcher\u2019s president Allen Hong had previously stated that the firm\u2019s output could fall by 20% in October and as much as 40% in November as a direct result of the factory\u2019s closure. This has put into question whether Apple will be able to introduce a rumoured update to its MacBook Pro lineup next week as seems to be planned.\r\n\r\nWith Catcher hoping to recommence operations in November, however, there will hopefully be no obstruction to the release schedule of Apple\u2019s updated notebooks\u2014assuming that the rumours are true."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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