Exclusive: Foxconn to shift some Apple production to Vietnam to minimise China risk
A person with knowledge of the plan said Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at the request of Apple Inc.
Foxconn is building assembly lines for Apple’s iPad tablet and MacBook laptop at its plant in Vietnam’s northeastern Bac Giang province, to come online in the first half of 2021. The lines will also take some production from Chin.
According to Taipei-based researchers group TrendForce, all iPads are assembled in China and so Foxconn’w move would made the first time that the iPad has been made outside China.
Source: Reuters #Nov26
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-foxconn-vietnam-apple-exclusive-idUKKBN2860XN
#Apple #China #Taiwan #Foxconn #IPad #Macbook
A person with knowledge of the plan said Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China at the request of Apple Inc.
Foxconn is building assembly lines for Apple’s iPad tablet and MacBook laptop at its plant in Vietnam’s northeastern Bac Giang province, to come online in the first half of 2021. The lines will also take some production from Chin.
According to Taipei-based researchers group TrendForce, all iPads are assembled in China and so Foxconn’w move would made the first time that the iPad has been made outside China.
Source: Reuters #Nov26
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-foxconn-vietnam-apple-exclusive-idUKKBN2860XN
#Apple #China #Taiwan #Foxconn #IPad #Macbook