Apple’s manufacturing design and operations teams are actively developing 3D-printed aluminum techniques (building directly on the success of 3D-printed titanium debuted in the Apple Watch Ultra 3) to bring even greater efficiency and sustainability to Apple Watch casings, with potential expansion to iPhone enclosures down the road.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
The MacBook Neo relies on a new aluminum manufacturing process aimed at saving as much metal as possible. The approach drives down costs and speeds up production.
But that’s just the start.
The company’s manufacturing design team — along with its operations department — is working on ways to 3D-print aluminum, which would bring more efficiency to the production of Apple Watch casings and, potentially one day, iPhone enclosures, I’m told. It’s a follow-up to 3D-printed titanium, which is featured in the Apple Watch Ultra 3.
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