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Tag: Apple assemblers

Tata near to becoming first Indian Apple iPhone assembler

Tuesday, January 10, 2023 9:12 amWednesday, January 11, 2023No Comments

Tata Group is close to taking over a major Wistron plant in southern India in a deal that would give the country its first homegrown iPhone…

Apple’s iPhone exports from India more than double, surpass $2.5 billion

Monday, January 9, 2023 2:23 pm2 Comments

Apple exported iPhones worth more than $2.5 billion from India from April to December 2022, nearly twice the entire previous…

India is shaping up as the right place for Apple to ease China dependence

Tuesday, December 27, 2022 2:07 pmNo Comments

Apple and, in fact, many western manufacturers are increasingly uncomfortable with their heavy dependence on CCP=-controlled China…

Apple assembler Foxconn invests $500 million in India business as Apple looks to lessen crippling dependence on China

Friday, December 9, 2022 3:03 pmFriday, December 9, 20225 Comments

Apple’s main iPhone assembler Foxconn has expanded its efforts to cut its dependency on China and invested $500 million this…

Chinese Communist Party set to ease ‘Zero COVID’ lockdowns and restrictions

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 8:56 am2 Comments

The Chinese Communist Party is set to announce the easing of some of its quixotic “Zero COVID” lockdowns and restrictions as early as Wed…

Apple renames mixed-reality software ‘xrOS’ ahead of expected AR/VR headset

Thursday, December 1, 2022 4:19 pm5 Comments

Apple has long been known to be working on a mixed-reality headset, its first major new product category since the Apple Watch, and…

Apple assembler Foxconn records 5% rise in Q3 profit, foresees flattish Q4

Thursday, November 10, 2022 4:02 pmThursday, November 10, 2022No Comments

Apple iPhone assembler Foxconn said on Thursday it expected flattish revenue in the fourth quarter, as the company grapples with CCP COVID…

Apple assembler Foxconn adjusts production to avoid holiday supply declines

Thursday, November 10, 2022 10:57 amThursday, November 10, 2022No Comments

Apple assembler Foxconn said on Thursday it is adjusting production to prevent recent COVID-19 curbs at a massive iPhone City” factory…

Apple’s mixed-reality headset said to begin mass production in March 2023

Wednesday, November 9, 2022 10:47 amNo Comments

In just four months, mass production of Apple’s long-rumored mixed-reality (AR and VR) headset is expected to commence…

Apple is slowly lessening its dependence on China

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 5:39 pm1 Comment

Finally and somewhat belatedly, Apple appears to recognize the inherent geopolitical risks of its China-centric supply chain and has been…

Apple supplier Foxconn quadruples bonuses to staff hit by yet another China COVID lockdown

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 8:55 am1 Comment

Apple assembler Foxconn said on Tuesday it has quadrupled bonuses on offer for workers at its iPhone assembly plant in central China as…

Apple iPhone production at Chinese Foxconn factory could fall 30% amid COVID restrictions

Monday, October 31, 2022 10:04 am2 Comments

Production of Apple’s iPhones could slump by as much as 30% at one of the world’s biggest factories next month due to tightening…

Apple stock slips as iPhone assembler Foxconn shifts production in China over COVID outbreak

Monday, October 31, 2022 8:21 am4 Comments

Foxconn, Apple’s main iPhone assembler is preparing to shift production to other parts of China afterworkers began fleeing its main…

Apple suppliers add American manufacturing sites, with focus on California

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 10:16 am9 Comments

Apple suppliers added manufacturing operations in America in fiscal 2021, a sign of how quixotic COVID-19 responses…

Apple asks suppliers to shift some AirPods, Beats production to India

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 8:50 amNo Comments

Apple is asking its assemblers to move some AirPods and Beats headphone production to India for the first time in what looks to be…

India dangles $550 million incentives to lure Apple, tech manufacturers

Friday, September 30, 2022 1:52 pmFriday, September 30, 20222 Comments

India plans to boost the financial incentives for manufacturers like Apple to make the market-dominating iPad in the country and wooing…

Apple plans to assemble iPhone 14 in India in effort to diversify production outside China

Tuesday, August 23, 2022 9:14 am9 Comments

Apple plans to begin assembling the iPhone 14 in India some two months after the product’s launch date, narrowing the gap between China…

Apple assembler Foxconn to invest $300 million more in Vietnam production

Monday, August 22, 2022 9:17 am4 Comments

Vietnam state media said this weekend that Apple assembler Foxconn has signed a $300 million memorandum of understanding with…

Apple MacBook assembler’s profits halved due to China’s COVID shutdowns

Friday, August 12, 2022 12:11 pmFriday, August 12, 2022No Comments

Apple MacBook assembler Quanta Computer said its Shanghai campus recovered from the Chinese Communist Party’s quixotic “zero-COVID”…

Apple orders least 90 million ‘iPhone 14’ units from assemblers

Friday, August 12, 2022 8:58 amThursday, August 11, 2022No Comments

Apple has ordered assemblers to build at least as many of its iPhone 14 models this year as last, banking on an affluent clientele and…

Apple assembler Foxconn’s Q2 profit up 11.7%

Wednesday, August 10, 2022 8:55 amNo Comments

Major Apple assembler Foxconn reported on Wednesday an 11.7% rise in second-quarter net profit, beating market estimates…

Apple assembler Foxconn predicts more stable supply chain for second half of 2022

Tuesday, May 31, 2022 11:20 amNo Comments

Taiwan’s Foxconn, a major Apple assembler and the world’s largest contract electronics maker, said on Tuesday that the second half…

Apple assembler Foxconn faces logistics disarray from China’s quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ lockdowns

Thursday, May 12, 2022 4:04 pm5 Comments

Apple assembler Foxconn said it faces logistics disruptions and other challenges in China stemming from the CCP’s stringent COVID-19 …

Apple’s supply chain issues might not be that bad, Wall Street says

Friday, April 29, 2022 11:32 amNo Comments

Analysts say Apple’s supply crunch looks to be only temporary, occurring during Apple’s slower time of the year, and the company’s…

China’s quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ quest pushes February MacBook Pro orders into June

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 3:28 pmWednesday, April 27, 20227 Comments

Customers who ordered a MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip in February are being notified that their new Macs aren’t coming until June…

Half of Apple’s suppliers at risk in China due to quixotic ‘zero-COVID’ lockdown quest

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 9:31 am8 Comments

Half of Apple’s 200 top suppliers have facilities in and around Shanghai, China where the CCP’s quixotic quest for “zero-COVID” has caused…

‘iPhone City’ in China is operating normally despite quixotic COVID lockdowns

Tuesday, April 19, 2022 8:54 am3 Comments

The world’s biggest iPhone assembly campus, know colloquially as “iPhone City,” on the outskirts of Zhengzhou in central China…

Apple MacBook assembler joins 30+ plant closures due to China’s draconian COVID restrictions

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 4:05 pmWednesday, April 13, 202213 Comments

More than 30 Taiwanese companies have now halted production in the electronics hubs of eastern China to comply with CCP COVID restrictions…

Apple starts manufacturing iPhone 13 in India

Monday, April 11, 2022 11:18 am2 Comments

Apple has begun manufacturing iPhone 13 in India, the company said on Monday, as it works to reduce reliance on China…

China’s quixotic quest for ‘Zero-COVID’ is a concern for Apple

Friday, April 8, 2022 10:24 amFriday, April 8, 202211 Comments

Apple’s bet on China looks increasingly risky, especially amid the country’s lockdowns in a quixotic quest for “Zero-COVID.”

Apple unveils $50 million ‘Supplier Employee Development Fund’

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 8:41 amNo Comments

Apple today announced a $50 million Supplier Employee Development Fund that will expand access to learning opportunities and skills…

Apple to invest aggressively in America to diversify production amid globalization’s end – analyst

Monday, March 28, 2022 2:00 pm23 Comments

Shifting away from a focus in China, the global supply chain will likely change rapidly over the next decade. Apple saw it coming in 2018…

Apple assembler Foxconn partially resumes production in Shenzhen after COVID disruption

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 8:58 amNo Comments

Taiwan-headquartered Apple assembler Foxconn has partially resumed production on campuses that include both employee housing and…

Apple supplier Foxconn beats estimates in Q3

Friday, November 12, 2021 9:00 amNo Comments

Taiwan’s Foxconn, a major Apple supplier, reported a better-than-expected third-quarter profit on Friday, helped by strong demand…

Foxconn to build electric vehicle factories in America and Thailand in 2022

Thursday, August 12, 2021 8:49 am12 Comments

Foxconn on Thursday said it will build electric vehicle factories in America and Thailand next year, as Apple’s key iPhone assembler…

Apple assemblers in China scramble for workers ahead of iPhone 13 launch

Friday, August 6, 2021 10:55 am12 Comments

Apple assemblers in China are scrambling for workers ahead of iPhone 13 launch. Foxconn is dangling hiring bonuses and Lens Technology…

Apple begins receiving iPhone 13 components ahead of mass production

Monday, June 28, 2021 1:52 pm3 Comments

Apple assemblers have begun receiving shipments of components needed for the production of its next-generation “iPhone 13” family of…

Apple makes progress in supply chain responsibility; releases 2021 progress report

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 10:02 amTuesday, June 1, 20214 Comments

Apple reported progress among its supply chain during a year dominated by a worldwide hodgepodge of responses to COVID-19 as it…

Apple iPhone assembler warns of ‘materials shortages’

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 3:21 pm1 Comment

Taiwan-based Foxconn, a major contract assembler for Apple, on Tuesday warned about the impact of “materials shortages” amid tight global…

Analyst: BMW, Stellantis, Magna among candidates to assemble ‘Apple Car’

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 11:52 am11 Comments

Hyundai killed off talk of a potential “Apple Car” deal on Monday. Now, analyst thinks BMW, Stellantis, Magna, and others remain among…

Apple Car could be assembled by Kia and made in USA

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 12:17 pm4 Comments

Hyundai subsidiary Kia could be the company responsible for assembling the Apple Car – and it would do so in its Georgia plant…

Apple suspends assembler Pegatron over labor violations in China

Monday, November 9, 2020 3:45 pmMonday, November 9, 20207 Comments

Apple has suspended future business with Pegatron, a major partner for assembling iPhones and iPads, saying the Taiwanese…

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