Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that vital components of iPhones and
iPads would soon be made in the Philippines as its China supplier would
transfer about 8,000 jobs to Manila.
Apple itself mandated Foxconn Technology to transfer one of its
manufacturing plants to a Southeast Asian country and the Philippines was the
one chosen by both Foxconn and Apple.
“We received tons of positive feedback about Filipinos working in
factories in the Philippines and abroad. We are very confident that they can
produce high-quality products of Apple,” Cook was quoted by GRU News as saying.
Construction of the Batangas plant was said to have started last April
and scheduled to be finished by November this year, said Apple’s director for
manufacturing Jorge McDough.
Foxconn has 13 factories in People's Republic of China, with the
largest factory in Longhua, Shenzhen. It also has manufacturing plants in
Brazil and other Asian countries like Japan. -End-
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