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Over 110 of Apple suppliers move to 100 percent renewable energy for their Apple production
Apple today announced over 110 of its manufacturing partners around the world are moving to 100 percent renewable energy for their Apple…
Apple supplier O-Film has lost ‘particular overseas client’
China’s O-Film, an Apple supplier which makes camera modules, told investors that it received a notification from a “particular overseas…
Morgan Stanley: Buy Apple and ignore the ‘noise’
Apple stock has lagged behind the broader market in recent weeks, but Morgan Stanley says buy Apple and ignore the “noise.”
Apple slashes iPhone 12 mini production orders
Apple is slashing its planned production of the iPhone 12 mini for the first half of this year as part of a broader adjustment to output
Apple supplier TSMC on track for volume production of 3nm chips next year
Apple’s main chip supplier TSMC is on track to begin risk production of a 3nm fabrication process in the second half of this year, when…
Electric vehicle maker Fisker partners with Apple supplier Foxconn
Longtime Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with electric-vehicle maker Fisker to…
Renesas to buy Apple supplier Dialog Semiconductor for $5.9 billion
Renesas Electronics has agreed to buy Dialog Semiconductor for 4.9 billion euros ($5.9 billion) in cash, as it looks to boost its position…
Shares of Apple supplier Skyworks soar
After Skyworks Solutions smashed estimates when it reported earnings late Thursday, shares of the relatively obscure supplier of tech…
Apple supplier Lumentum to buy laser maker Coherent in $5.7 billion deal
Laser and optical fiber specialist Lumentum Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it would acquire laser manufacturer Coherent Inc in a $5.7B deal…
Apple puts supplier Wistron on probation; no new business after India plant violence
Apple has put supplier Wistron on probation, saying on Saturday it would not award the Taiwanese contract manufacturer new business…
Riot-hit Apple supplier Wistron hired more than it could handle in India
Apple supplier Wistron quadrupled workers in India in only eight months, ramping up production just as Apple began direct online sales…
Apple probes supplier after workers at Wistron plant in India ransack factory
Apple said on Monday the company is investigating whether Taiwan-based contractor Wistron Corp failed to follow supplier guidelines…
China’s O-Film kicked out of Apple’s supply chain over human rights violations
The U.S. Department of Commerce had early in July designated O’Film Group among a list of eleven Chinese companies that it accuses…
Apple suppliers’ China exodus won’t slow down regardless of who’s U.S. President
The splintering of the global tech supply chain spurred by an exodus from China that began during President Donald Trump’s first term…
Supply chain checks show stronger than expected iPhone 12 holiday quarter demand
Apple’s U.S. suppliers reported stronger than expected revenue and earnings in the past week, which is a sign of strong iPhone demand …
Apple supplier Skyworks grows sales 30% on surging 5G demand
New smartphones like Apple’s iPhone 12 family has sent Skyworks Solutions back into long-absent year-over-year growth…
Apple’s supply chain shift creates boomtowns in rural Vietnam
Vietnam’s Bac Giang province was one of the nation’s poorest. Now officials in the rural area north of Hanoi host representatives from Apple…
Apple’s new iPhone swings LG Display to profit
Helped by shipments for Apple’s new iPhone, South Korea’s LG Display on Thursday reported a profit for July-September…
TSMC’s strong guidance bodes well for Apple
Chip manufacturing giant TSMC raised both its full-year revenue and cap-ex guidance, as it continues seeing strong orders from smartphone…
Apple supplier TSMC Q3 profit surges 36%, well ahead of analysts’ forecasts
Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reported a 36% surge in quarterly net profit, boosted by robust demand…
Trump administration presses tech supply chain to cut ties with China
The Trump administration is making a concerted effort to press non-U.S. suppliers to move production out of China …
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…
Sharp reports 38% drop in June quarter profit, beats analyst estimates
Japan-based Apple supplier Sharp on Wednesday reported a 37.8% drop in first-quarter operating profit as the COVID-19 shutdowns weighed on sales of…
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…
Apple makes iPhone 11 at Foxconn plant in India
Apple has started making its iPhone 11 at the Foxconn plant in India near Chennai. This marks the first time Apple has manufactured a top-line model…
Investigators find no evidence of any forced labor at Apple suppliers in China
Nanchang O-film Tech, whose tech helps power phones, tablets and wearables, was on Monday accused by the U.S. Department of Commerce of human rights …
U.S. government accuses Apple supplier of human rights abuses
Nanchang O-film Tech, whose tech helps power phones, tablets and wearables, is accused by the U.S. of human rights abuses for helping China’s campaign…
Growth of Taiwan export orders hits two-year high on strong tech demand
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced millions of people around the world to work from home, Taiwan’s export orders grew at their fastest pace in nearly two…
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 to invest $1 billion in India
Foxconn plans to invest up to $1 billion to expand a factory in southern India where the Taiwanese contract manufacturer assembles Apple iPhones…
Foxconn’s revenue begins to recover from COVID-19 shutdown
Major Apple supplier Foxconn’s revenue appear to be recovering broadly in line with the company’s forecast, following the COVID-19 shutdown…
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…
iPhone assembly hit hard in India badly as border tensions with China escalate
India’s additional scrutiny of imports from China has disrupted iPhone assembly at plants owned by Apple supplier Foxconn in southern India…
Apple pushes suppliers to reduce 5G iPhone production delays
Apple is said to be pushing their suppliers in China to work overtime in order to reduce COVID-19-induced production delays for their first 5G iPhone line…
Apple supplier Foxconn eyes further India investment, sees bright outlook
Taiwan-based Apple supplier Foxconn plans further investment in India and may announce details in the next few months as the world’s largest contract…
TSMC: We could fill order gap if unable to sell chips to Huawei due to U.S. ban
TSMC could quickly fill any order gap should U.S. restrictions against Huawei prevent sales of chips to the Chinese firm, the company…
Apple to launch iPhone 12 in October – supply chain sources
Although the planned launch of Apple’s iPhone 12 lineup, said to consist of four models with three display sizes, is likely to be roughly one month…
Little-known data show signs of a tech rebound from COVID-19 shutdown
Buried in a set of little-known data are early signs that the hardware side of the tech sector may be showing a rebound from the pandemic-driven plunge…
Taiwan’s 2020 GDP expected to drop to 5-year low amid pandemic
Taiwan’s economic growth is likely to drop to its lowest point in five years in 2020 as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic hurts domestic consumption and…
Apple helps suppliers reconfigure factories to mitigate COVID-19 spread
In Apple’s annual supplier responsibility report released Thursday, the company said it’s helping suppliers to reconfigure factories in order to…
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 …
