Aaron Lee, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES
[Wednesday 26 December 2012]
Apple is reportedly set to move its Mac mini
production lines back to the US with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision
Industry) to be responsible of handling establishment, according to sources from
the upstream supply chain.
Currently, Foxconn has about 15 operating bases
in the US and the company reportedly plans to start recruiting workers in 2013
for new automated production lines.
Mac mini shipments are expected to reach 1.4
million units in 2012, up more than 40% on year, and with the specification
upgrade in October 2012, shipments are expected to rise another 30% on year to
1.8 million units in 2013, according to the latest figures from Digitimes
Research.
Apple's other major OEM partner Quanta Computer
also has two operating bases in the US, located in Fremont, California and
Nashville, Tennessee.
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