Taiwan-based Foxconn, a major contract assembler for Apple, on Tuesday warned about the impact of “materials shortages” amid tight global…
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Analyst: BMW, Stellantis, Magna among candidates to assemble ‘Apple Car’
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
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
Apple has suspended future business with Pegatron, a major partner for assembling iPhones and iPads, saying the Taiwanese…
Foxconn Chairman: China can no longer be the world’s factory
Foxconn posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit. The company’s chairman discussed China with investors…
Apple iPhone assembler eyes major production shift out of China to India
In a major production shift out of China as part of global business’ efforts to diversify supply chains following the COVID-19 debacle, a contract…
Chinese Apple-assembler Luxshare soars on iPhone assembly deal
As U.S.-China tensions continue to escalate, Apple is set to invite mainland Chinese company Luxshare into the exclusive iPhone assembly club…
Apple iPhone assembler Pegatron joins tech Investment wave in India
Adding to a large wave of foreign tech investments in India this year, Apple assembler Pegatron is making preparations for its first plant in India…
Apple supplier Foxconn says Indian customs clearing procedures now resolved
Apple supplier Foxconn said on Friday customs clearing procedures in India have been resolved. All local regulatory procedures have been complied with…
Apple urges Chinese supplier to challenge Foxconn in bid to step up competition
Apple has made a move the company hopes will create a formidable alternative to another of its longtime suppliers, Taiwan’s Foxconn …
Apple considering major shift of iPhone production from China to India
Apple is seriously examining the feasibility of shifting nearly a fifth of its production capacity from China to India and scaling up its…
In shift away from China, Apple to produce millions of AirPods in Vietnam
Accelerating its diversification of production out of China amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple will produce millions of AirPods in Vietnam…
Tim Cook confident Apple will emerge strongly from COVID-19 crisis
A confident Tim Cook led an Apple companywide virtual meeting on Thursday to address concerns about the impact of COVID-19 and discuss…
Apple’s next-gen 5G iPhones remain on schedule to launch this autumn
Apple’s Chinese-centric manufacturing is slowly getting back on track and that Apple’s next-gen 5G iPhones remain on schedule to launch this autumn…
Apple supplier Foxconn’s profit down 24% in Q419
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn reported a 23.7% fall in profit in the last three months of 2019 on Monday as the company prepares…
More than ever, the world needs Apple’s annual iPhone cycle
Apple might delay the release of its upcoming 5G iPhone by several months, disrupting what’s become an annual iPhone cycle, because of the COVID-19…
Coronavirus speeds Apple assemblers’ plans to move beyond China
COVID-19 is expediting Apple assemblers’ move out of China that has been underway since the President Trump began deploying U.S. import tariffs on China…
iPhone assembly stops in India as country goes into 21-day lockdown
iPhone assembly has stopped in India due to an order to comply with a 21-day countrywide COVID-19 lockdown ordered by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Terry Gou: Foxconn factory restarts in China have ‘exceeded expectations’
Terry Gou, founder of Apple supplier Foxconn, said on Thursday that Foxconn factory restarts in China have “exceeded expectations.”
Apple, others look to move production away from China; not an easy task
Apple, Google and Microsoft have looked to move some hardware production from China to other countries, including Vietnam and Thailand…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Significant iPhone production won’t resume until Q2
According to a research note from Apple uber-analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, iPhone production will not significantly improve until Q2 of 2020…
Apple CEO Cook optimistic China is getting the coronavirus under control
In an interview with Susan Li for FOX Business, Apple CEO Tim Cook say he sees China is getting the coronavirus under control and how Apple is…
Thanks to the U.S.-China trade war, companies like Apple are better prepared for coronavirus
Despite the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, some U.S. companies find themselves better offn than they otherwise might have been due to the U.S.-China trade war…
Apple moves some production from China to Taiwan due to coronavirus
Amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in China, Apple moves production of some of its top devices from China to Taiwan in order to diversify…
Apple’s new low-cost iPhone starts mass production next month
As Apple looks to address a wider section of the global smartphone market, suppliers are slated to begin assembly of an all-new low-cost iPhone next month…
Apple supplier Foxconn begins iPhone XR assembly in India, iPhone 11 models next to be ‘Made in India’
Apple has begun commercial production of the iPhone XR locally at the Foxconn facility near Chennai, India, the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu…
Apple-launched China Clean Energy Fund invests in three wind farms
Rising from the hills of Dao County in Hunan Province, China, beyond the city of Yongzhou, a dramatic sight appears on the horizon…
Made in America: Apple to build new, insanely powerful Mac Pro in Texas after securing tariff relief
As part of its commitment to US economic growth, Apple today confirmed that its newly redesigned Mac Pro will be manufactured in Austin, Texas. Apple CEO Tim Cook said, “We believe deeply in the power of American innovation. That’s why every Apple product is designed and engineered in the U.S.”
Apple to invest $1 billion in India, plans to begin export of ‘Made in India’ iPhones across the world
As Apple plans to begin exporting ‘Made in India’ iPhones across the world, the California-based company is set invest some $1 billion in India…
Inside the most ambitious push yet to make iPhones outside China
Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., opened its first India factory four years ago. It now operates two assembly plants, with plans to expand those and open two more…
Apple’s data shows a deepening dependence on China as Trump administration’s tariffs loom
Apple Inc’s dependence on China has not lessened by tapping factories in Brazil and India, the company’s supply chain data shows, raising the stakes as U.S. President Trump promises more tariffs…
Apple once caught factory workers attempting to smuggle iPhone parts by ‘digging a small tunnel in a corner’
The measures Apple takes to prevent leaks of unreleased products like iPhones from emerging out of factories within its Asian supply chain…
Apple accelerates plans to diversify production beyond China
Apple is about to start trial production of its popular AirPod wireless earphones in Vietnam as it accelerates plans to diversify beyond China…
U.S. President Trump says meeting with China went ‘far better than expected’
The meeting exceeded expectations, Trump said, tweeting that it went “far better than expected.” The president also elaborated on…
Here’s one way Apple could benefit from the U.S.-China trade war
The global smartphone market fell 6.6% during the first quarter of 2019, according to ID, but…
Apple iPhones, Macs, and other tech goods could account for proposed China tariffs of $167 billion
U.S. consumers will delay or forgo technology upgrades if President Donald Trump imposes a new round of 25% tariffs on Chinese goods…
U.S.-China trade tensions prompt Apple to consider diversifying supply chain out of China
Apple Inc. is asking suppliers to study shifting final assembly of some products out of China, people familiar with the matter said…
Apple is playing Chicken with China. Will Beijing flinch?
Apple has reportedly asked each of its largest suppliers to evaluate the costs to shift between 15% and 30% of its production out of China…
Special team within Apple investigating move of up to 30% of production out of China
A team of between 30 and 40 people at Apple is surveying the company’s major suppliers about the cost implications…
Apple’s stock just did something it hasn’t done since the dot-com bubble burst
Apple Inc.’s stock rally has finally done something that it hasn’t been able to do, in 20 failed attempts…
Apple gains after iPhone assembler Foxconn says it can shift capacity from China
Apple Inc. shares were indicated higher in pre-market trading Tuesday after its key iPhone assembler said it can make the tech giant’s flagship product outside of China…
Analysts: China isn’t targeting Apple in trade war
Apple, Inc. has taken a beating in the month of May on concerns a breakdown in U.S. trade relations with China…
