Apple continues to fall short of production goals rolling into the holiday season, citing supply chain restrictions and power regulations in China — but problems likely began well before the pandemic.
Apple supplier Luxshare Precision Industry notched record revenues and profit for the first half of 2021, an anticipated outcome as the company becomes more deeply entrenched in the tech giant's supply chain.
Apple suppliers Foxconn and Pegatron will share orders for the Cupertino tech giant's "iPhone 13" mini later in 2021, according to a new report citing supply chain sources.
A total of eight people, including two firefighters, died at a major fire at a Shanghai factory owned by Apple supplier Casetek on Thursday.
Apple is preparing to move up to 10% of production for the iPhone 12 from China to India, reports claim, with assembly partner Foxconn said to be working on units for sale within the country and for the export market.
Even as India's efforts to build more the iPhone and iPad in the country grow, political wrangling related to tensions across the border with China are causing problems with the effort.
Pegatron plans on setting up a manufacturing base in Chennai, India, gearing up to produce iPhone models in the second half of 2021 at the earliest.
Apple's major manufacturing suppliers in China are offering incentives to workers who agree not to go home for the traditional Lunar New Year in February because of the coronavirus.
Industry reports say that Pegatron is seeing reduced orders for the iPhone 12 mini, while Apple has charged Foxconn with making more of the iPhone 12 Pro series.
Apple supplier Pegatron has leased half a million square feet near Chennai, India as part of its plan to establish iPhone manufacturing operations in the region.
China's 2014 labor laws are allegedly still being ignored by suppliers, and Apple has reportedly ignored the issue rather than accept extra costs and delays to iPhone launches.
Apple assembly partner Pegatron's board may have given the all-clear to invest $150 million into its first production facilities in India, an operation that could be used for iPhone production in late 2021.
Apple iPhone assembler Pegatron will reportedly receive no new business from the Cupertino company until it takes action to prevent student labor violations.
The Indian government on Tuesday said it was going to approve incentives to 16 companies, including a trio of top Apple suppliers, under a new plan to boost domestic smartphone production.
A trio of Apple's most prominent supply chain partners reportedly plan to invest $900 million in India to leverage local production incentives and increase the production of iPhones in the country.
Apple manufacturing partner Pegatron hopes to invest money in Vietnam in three phases that target computing, communication, and consumer electronics production facilities by 2027.
Apple's iPhone assembly partners in India are expected to benefit from the country's $6.6 billion Production-Linked Incentive Scheme, an initiative to encourage the production of smartphones in the region.
Apple's assembly partners are reportedly considering the possibility of opening up new factories in Mexico, in what could be an attempt by Apple to diversify its supply chain further away from China.
An inconsistent report claims that unnamed Apple manufacturing partners are moving six iPhone production lines to India, as part of an increasing trend to relocate from China.
Apple's assembly partners Foxconn, Pegatron, and Wistron have all applied to participate in India's $6.6 billion Production-Linked Incentive Scheme, in a bid for benefits for increasing production of smartphones in the country.
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