“Apple has submitted a notice to the US Foreign Trade Zones Board, signaling its intent to vastly expand manufacturing capabilities at its Mesa, Arizona facility, where it already produces components for its computer systems,” Matthew Hughes reports for TNW. “If everything happens to plan, it’ll see Apple produce finished products within the United States, rather than just individual components. Apple will also be able to take advantage of rules allowing it to import components from overseas – like batteries, printed circuit boards, and so on – without paying any taxes or duties, or at the very least, paying a reduced rate.”
“The status of US manufacturing was a huge issue in the last election cycle, with President-elect Donald Trump winning big in states that have seen the biggest declines in the secondary sector,” Hughes reports. “Trump himself has gone on the record and said that one of the biggest achievements of his premiership would be for Apple to expand its manufacturing base in the United States.”
Hughes reports, “Apple’s plans for its Mesa, Arizona facility are, therefore, a huge coup for the President-elect.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Good to see Apple continuing to invest in Mesa after the GT Advanced sapphire plant debacle.
SEE ALSO:
Make America Insanely Great Again: Apple seeks to expand Made in USA manufacturing – January 9, 2017
President-elect Trump tells Apple CEO Tim Cook that he’d like to see Apple make products in the U.S. – November 23, 2016
Apple did not ask for incentives for new $2 billion data center in Mesa, Arizona – February 2, 2015
Apple to invest $2 billion to convert GT Advanced’s failed sapphire plant into data command center – February 2, 2015
Apple, GT Advanced and the ‘boule graveyard’ – November 20, 2014
Apple will save jobs in Arizona by repurposing sapphire factory – November 19, 2014
Apple sticking with Arizona plan after sapphire supplier GT Advanced falters – November 18, 2014
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Apple could be moving their iCloud servers in-house – April 12, 2016
Report: Apple designing its own servers to avoid snooping – March 24, 2016
Apple’s move to bring iCloud infrastructure in-house predicated by backdoor fears – March 23, 2016
Inside ‘Project McQueen,’ Apple’s plan to build its own cloud – March 18, 2016
Apple’s deal with Google for cloud services may not last – March 17, 2016
Apple signs on with Google Cloud Platform, cuts spending with Amazon Web Services – March 17, 2016
What does Apple make in America? Mac Pro? Oh, guess they aren’t cranking out too many of them lately. Oh yeah, and the spaceship….LOL
So why wasn’t Apple doing this under the previous administration? Are conditions now that much more immediately favorable? What was keeping Democrats from encouraging business likewise? (Or were they too busy instituting oppressive taxes, tariffs and draconian regulations?) Whatever your politics Trump seems to be immediately motivating business to stay or return here in the States. Be interesting to see if it lasts.
Because the goal of the Obama administration was to undermine and cripple the industrial might of the United States.
period.
Ten hours and 44 minutes to go…
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=263&iso=20170120T12&msg=Time%20left%20until%20Obama%20leaves%20office
^days
We have a similar problem here in Canada. Cripple the country with repressive policies while jet-setting around the world handing out our money and ignoring reality!
as does France and Germany…you can get rid of the collectivist politburo in Canada just like we did.
Our tool was just elected last year. Hopefully Trump slaps some sense into him.
Yea. You’re an idiot. Now that we have a real traitor as President you’ll see what someone who only cares about himself does to America. I’m starting a class on Russian language because it’s obvious that’s what Trump is about to do.
das vadanya, muthafücka.
Apple were known to be planning this more than a year ago. It has nothing to do with the employment policies of either the existing administration or the incoming one.
If there is any connection with the government, this move is a countermeasure to the belief that the FBI have previously appeared to tamper with server hardware being brought into the country.
Apple’s application to make servers for their server farms at that plant has EVERYTHING to do with Trump.
Apple and other companies would not be looking for every way possible to preserve/create jobs in the U.S. without the triumphant election of Donald Trump to the presidency coupled with the voters granting the GOP control of the Senate and the House (not to mention setting the table to make the Supreme Court conservative for decades to come).
Fsuk you and Trump.
Where exactly do you fit in “the Swamp”? Oh you must be slime groupie!
So is it full servers at Meza or high end cabinets?
Democrats never saw taxes they didn’t like, ever…..
Tax collection isn’t a partisan issue. Republican congress has had 6 years to decrease your tax rate. Why didn’t they?
As for Trump, if he follows through on 5% of his campaign promises, he’ll add more to the debt than the prior record holder, GWB. Another republican.
Hughes reports, “Apple’s plans for its Mesa, Arizona facility are, therefore, a huge coup for the President-elect.”
These plans for Apple to manufacture it’s own server hardware in the US were widely reported in March of 2016 under the name of ‘Project McQueen’ and at that time, it was reported that Apple had already been working on those plans for several months.
While I have little doubt that some people will try to claim it as a coup for Trump’s policy, Apple’s plans were being developed long before the declarations that Trump made about wanting to bring jobs back to the US.
http://venturebeat.com/2016/03/17/apple-cloud-project-mcqueen/
Stop making sense. The trumpanzee’s will start calling you names.
Shhh! Political sheep on both sides are too busy with their delusions for actual reality!
As I’m not an American, do not live there so have no alignment with any of the US political parties, but I am able to think for myself and can see that events which were being widely discussed a year ago would have been planned long before bringing jobs to the US became a political issue.
As prices skyrocket and the world burns. Whoopee, we’re all gonna die!
Yes! Pink watch bands made in the USA.