But The New York Times reported Thursday that it had been given a brief tour of the plant, which it says is about 15 minutes from Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, and that "hundreds" of employees appear to work making the Nexus Q.

CNN: Google's new Nexus Q: Made in the U.S.A.

The meeting will brief 1, 400 employees on production levels at the plant.

BBC: Seagate

While the plant in question makes iPads, which are already in short supply, the thinking among Apple analysts is that any interruption in production will be brief, and in any case will quickly be replaced with additional output from another Hon Hai plant in Shenzhen.

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