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Tata to add up to 45,000 workers at iPhone parts plant in southern India
Tata Group is planning to add up to 45,000 workers at its electronics factory in southern India that makes iPhone components…
Major Apple supplier TSMC mulls Japan expansion as China tensions continue
Major Apple supplier and chip manufacturer TSMC is weighing a potential expansion in Japan, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday…
Major Apple supplier TSMC profit jumps 80% in Q3, beating expectations
Major Apple Silicon supplier TSMC posted an 80% surge in third-quarter net profit on Thursday. The Taiwanese chipmaker was buoyed…
Apple’s new A16 Bionic chip costs over 2.4 times more than A15 Bionic
The iPhone 14 Pro and flagship iPhone 14 Pro Max exclusively feature Apple’s A16 Bionic chip each of which costs $110, over 2.4 times more…
Apple supplier TSMC’s sales top estimates
Major Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported higher-than-expected quarterly revenue, signaling…
Apple suppliers add American manufacturing sites, with focus on California
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
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
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
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
Vietnam state media said this weekend that Apple assembler Foxconn has signed a $300 million memorandum of understanding with…
Apple supplier Skyworks stock is a screaming buy right now
Apple supplier Skyworks Solutions’ content gains in premium smartphones helped it deliver solid results last quarter. The chipmaker’s…
Apple orders least 90 million ‘iPhone 14’ units from assemblers
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 increases iPhone 14 orders
Apple has upped its iPhone 14 orders from some 90 million units to 95 million units, clearly expecting even stronger iPhone demand…
Taiwan accuses Chinese Apple supplier of stealing trade secrets, charges 14 people
Prosecutors in Taiwan on Friday accused a Chinese Apple supplier of stealing commercial secrets from a Taiwanese supplier and…
Apple supplier TSMC’s Q2 profit up 76%
Major Apple supplier TSMC posted a 76.3% rise in second-quarter net profit on Thursday on high demand for the Taiwanese chip…
Apple supplier TSMC’s sales surge 44%
Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue, posting NT$534.1 billion…
Apple supplier TSMC faces chip material price hikes into 2023
Japanese chemicals supplier Showa Denko K.K. – a vital supplier to Apple-supplier TSMC – expects to further raise prices and cut back…
Apple’s supply chain issues might not be that bad, Wall Street says
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
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
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…
Apple suppliers more than doubled clean power use over the last year
Apple today announced that its suppliers more than doubled their use of clean power over the last year, with over 10 gigawatts operational…
Apple supplier TSMC’s sales urge with Q1 profit up 45%
Apple supplier TSMC posted a better-than-expected surge in quarterly profit on Thursday and forecast an up to 37% jump in current-quarter…
Apple MacBook assembler joins 30+ plant closures due to China’s draconian COVID restrictions
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
Apple has begun manufacturing iPhone 13 in India, the company said on Monday, as it works to reduce reliance on China…
Apple supplier TSMC reports March sales increase of 33.2% year-over-year
Apple supplier TSMC on Friday reported March sales of T$171.97 billion (US$5.95 billion), up 33.2% year-over-year…
China’s quixotic quest for ‘Zero-COVID’ is a concern for Apple
Apple’s bet on China looks increasingly risky, especially amid the country’s lockdowns in a quixotic quest for “Zero-COVID.”
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple is testing a device with a 9-inch foldable display
Apple is testing a device with a 9-inch foldable display, but the company’s long-rumored foldable iPhone is unlikely to launch until…
Apple reportedly developing MacBooks and iPads with foldable OLEDs
Apple supplier LG Display is collaborating with Apple to develop foldabe OLED panels for MacBooks and iPads…
Apple supplier Japan Display unveils new display tech that can significantly extend mobile devices’ battery life
Japan Display on Wednesday revealed plans to begin production of new display panel components it says can significantly lower power…
Apple unveils $50 million ‘Supplier Employee Development Fund’
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
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 reportedly cuts iPhone SE production by 20% amid rising inflation, war
Apple plans to make about 20% fewer iPhone SE units next quarter than originally planned, in one of the first signs that rising inflation…
Taiwan to join ‘democratic countries’ in sanctions on Russia; Apple supplier TSMC ready to comply
Taiwan will join “democratic countries” in imposing sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, the government said on Friday…
Apple supplier Luxshare seeks to raise $2.1 billion for device, EV expansion
Apple supplier Luxshare Precision Industry Co. is seeking to raise up to 13.5 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) through a private share placement…
ISS supports Apple shareholder proposal on forced labor
ISS urged Apple shareholders to vote for a resolution demanding greater transparency in Apple’s efforts to protect against forced labor …
Apple averts supply chain crisis, but others not so fortunate
Apple’s stunning triumph over the global chips supply chain shortage has signaled good news amid troubled markets around the world…
Apple shares get big target price boost; supply chain issues improving – analyst
Wells Fargo raised its price target on Apple shares to $205 from $165, implying some 25% upside from Thursday’s closing levels, as analyst…
Apple supplier TSMC profit rises 16.4%; sees multi-year growth ahead; to boost chip spending in 2022
Taiwan-based major Apple supplier TSMC expects strong growth to accelerate in coming years due to booming semiconductor demand…
Analyst: Apple resolves iPhone production bottlenecks
Apple appears to have resolved the production bottlenecks that limited its supply of iPhones during the holiday shopping season, an analyst…
Apple supplier TSMC sales set sixth quarterly record on strong chip demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest foundry, reported a sixth straight quarter of record sales, thanks to…
Foxconn iPhone factory in India temporarily shut over rats, worms in food, crowded dorms
Six women who worked at the Foxconn iPhone assembly factory in India near Chennai described rats, worms in food, crowded dorms, and more…