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Tim Cook talks about US-made Mac with Politico

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 17th, 2013)

Last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple was bringing production of an existing Mac line to the US. Cook shared some additional details on the project in an interview with Politco that was published yesterday. Besides being assembled in the US, many of the components will be produced in ...

Production lines running through Chinese New Year to meet iPad mini demand

by Randy Nelson (Dec 28th, 2012)

As you celebrate this holiday season with a game of Angry Birds Star Wars on that new iPad mini, take a moment to consider the workers in China who are about to forego their traditional two-week Chinese New Year break. According to United Daily, at least two of Apple's suppliers in the country ...

Improvements at Foxconn's China factory

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 27th, 2012)

Foxconn has been under the microscope due to excessive overtime and poor working conditions at its Chinese production facilities. A report in the New York Times suggests the company is making changes that'll improve the workplace for its 1.4 million employees in China. These improvements ...

New York, Oregon vie for Apple's business

by Dave Caolo (Dec 19th, 2012)

Business officials in Oregon and upstate New York are vying to bring "Project Azalea" to their own workers. Oregon Live suggests that Project Azalea is the code name for a factory that would fabricate semiconductors for Apple's iPhone and iPad. The Business Review of Albany, New York recently ...

Apple now tracks hours for 1M supply chain workers

by Mike Wehner (Dec 18th, 2012)

In the latest update to the company's Supplier Responsibility page, Apple has changed the estimated number of workers in its supply chain from 900,000 to 1 million, MacRumors reports. Along with the new, higher figure, the monthly tracked Work-Hour Compliance chart has also been updated, ...

Apple's US plant could be highly automated

by Mike Wehner (Dec 7th, 2012)

With Apple poised to drop a cool $100 million in US manufacturing in 2013, theories about just what a modern Apple factory could look like. As Macworld reports, the early money appears to be on intelligent machines, and lots of them. The idea behind having an Apple production facility in the ...

Daily Update for December 7, 2012

by Steven Sande (Dec 7th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Apple's US Mac production to go beyond assembly

by Steven Sande (Dec 7th, 2012)

We've heard more about Apple's plans to start building some Macs in the United States, thanks to a Reuters news post that delved into the remarks made by Apple CEO Tim Cook to NBC's Rock Center program. It appears that the initiative is not just limited to assembly of new Macs, but will include ...

Tim Cook announces plans to manufacture Mac computers in USA

by Dave Caolo (Dec 6th, 2012)

Tim Cook has told NBC News that Apple intends to manufacture Mac computers in the USA. In an exclusive interview that will air on the network's "Rock Center" with Brian Williams, Cook stated that one of the existing Mac lines will be manufactured in the States exclusively, starting next ...

Daily Update for December 3, 2012

by Steven Sande (Dec 3rd, 2012)

New iMacs rumored to be delayed until next year

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 15th, 2012)

A rumor from French website MacBidouille claims Apple's new iMac models won't start shipping until early 2013. Apple has allegedly run into manufacturing problems with the all-in-one Mac and won't meet its target shipping dates of November for the 21-inch model and December for the 27-inch ...

Made For iPhone manufacturers may have to comply with Apple's supplier responsibility code

by Michael Rose (Nov 8th, 2012)

There's no gaggle of satellite trucks or eager liveblogs documenting every moment, but one of the most important Apple-related events is going on right now in Shenzhen, China: the annual MFi (Made For iPhone/iPad/iPod) manufacturers' conference. This multi-day meeting is the interface, so to ...

Foxconn: iPhone 5 is "most difficult" device we've ever assembled

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 17th, 2012)

Apple is facing a manufacturing shortage that's affecting the inventory of its new iPhone 5. Delivery times have slipped to 3-4 weeks and analysts are lowering their sales estimates for the holiday quarter. Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles the iPhone for Apple, told the Wall Street ...

Apple's Lightning connector suppliers struggle to meet demand

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 25th, 2012)

With the iPhone 5, Apple introduced the new Lightning connector, effectively retiring the old 30-pin dock connector to the dust pile of the past. However, Lighting cables have been in limited supply and currently have a two to three-week wait time in Apple's online store. The reason for this, ...

Apple's supply chain increases US production

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 19th, 2012)

Apple's effect on manufacturing in the Far East is well publicized, but its influence on homegrown companies is not highlighted. A recent report from AppleInsider takes a closer look at lesser-known companies that have benefited from Apple's success with the iPhone and iPad. Besides the ...