In its newest transfer to distance itself from CCP-controlled China, Apple is in talks with assemblers about transferring MacBook manufacturing to Thailand.
The Apple suppliers concerned within the talks have already got manufacturing complexes in Thailand for different purchasers and are discussing potential meeting and manufacturing of parts and modules for MacBooks, based on sources from three suppliers immediately concerned within the conversations with Apple.
“Ideally, Apple requested us to arrange services in Vietnam for MacBooks, following within the footsteps of different Apple suppliers, however we supplied another choice of constructing the product at our Thailand crops, which nonetheless have a large area that may be reserved for the consumer,” a senior government at one of many suppliers instructed Nikkei Asia. “As MacBook meeting will start in Vietnam first, we may assist the parts from our Thailand crops, too. … It should solely take two to 3 days of logistics and customized clearance.”
An government at one other provider mentioned his firm is constructing new crops in Thailand for Apple, and development of a brand new manufacturing unit for MacBooks and different merchandise will probably be accomplished this 12 months.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple plans to transfer some MacBook meeting from China to Vietnam for the primary time this 12 months as the corporate continues its efforts to diversify away from China following the CCP’s failed “Zero COVID” lockdown madness, rampant IP theft, and escalating tech tensions between the U.S. and China.
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