Bankruptcy court documents released Friday reveal new details about the falling-out between tech giant Apple Inc. and a sapphire glass maker that led to the shuttering of a huge new factory in metro Phoenix and the loss of hundreds of jobs, AP has reported.
GT Advanced Technologies and Apple have been at odds for several weeks over a 2013 agreement to produce sapphire glass at the Mesa factory — a deal that Arizona leaders hailed as a success story in their efforts to lure technology companies to the state.
GT Advanced Technologies filed for bankruptcy protection last month and began shutting down the factory as it negotiated with Apple over the fate of their deal. Apple had demanded that GTAT’s filings explaining what went wrong remained under seal, but the documents were released Friday under an amendment to a deal they reached a deal last month to wind down their relationship.
