Apple employs over 700 people in Arizona who will be involved in the production of sapphire slides.

Apple employs 700 people at the factory in Arizona, where they will produce sapphire crystals. The company bought the spare production hall from First Solar and together with the equipment company GT Advanced will run in this house heat treatment furnaces sapphire. The new processing plant sapphire employing at least 700 people from Arizona and 1300 other people find work in connection with the preparation and construction of the plant. Apple quite surprising given the media statement in which he commented on the forthcoming production of sapphire glasses. A company spokesperson commented for server Pocket-lint.com.

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"We are proud to expand our production in Arizona, thus create more than 2,000 new jobs in engineering, manufacturing and construction. The new plant will manufacture components for Apple products and will work 100% renewable energy and has been since the first day of its launch, "said Apple.



The company currently uses sapphire glass to protect the camera lens on the iPad and iPhone, and also to protect the Home Button on the iPhone 5s. However, it seems that the company is going to find the sapphire glass and other applications. Their advantage is the outstanding durability and scratch resistance. In fact, the only thing you can do in normal conditions sapphire scratch a diamond, which is even tougher. Sapphire is used for example in quality watches to protect their components from scratch. On sapphire addition, excellent anti-reflection coating is applied to both sides, making it possible to create a glass that is almost invisible.



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