In recent weeks, the Chinese government has initiated several lockdowns to contain the country’s Covid-19 outbreaks. Travel restrictions have affected several companies with production lines in China, including Applewhich is no more Macbook Pro in stock. The vast majority of the company’s plants (and suppliers) are located on the other side of the world. But this will change over the years.

Apple launches plan to open factories in other countries

Last week, Apple announced the start of production iPhones in India. Now, according to the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the Cupertino-based company will take an even bigger step. Maçãzinha will expand not only the countries where its factories are located, but also the production of prototypes of its new products.

OUR Apple planned to diversify the production chain since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2 years ago. However, the idea remained only a project, not reaching the initiation of the necessary actions to expand the plants. Now, according to what Kuo posted on his Twitter, Cupertino giant decided to put the plan into practice as a new blocking in China influence the assembly and warehousing of their products.

In addition to China and India, Apple also has assembly lines in Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam and Czech Republic. Although the latter is a European country, it is unlikely that Company bring prototype production to Europe. Most Suppliers equipment which are used in iPhone, iPad and MacBook originally from Asia. Keeping the vast majority of builds on the mainland is more cost effective, building prototypes in the Czech Republic would be an unnecessary (and more labor intensive) expense.

missing macbook pro

Factory closures in China, the world’s largest electronics manufacturing center, will naturally affect tech companies. According to Ming-Chi Kuo, one of Apple’s best-known analysts, the MacBook Pro, the Cupertino giant’s line of high-end laptops, takes longer to reach consumers. According to Kuo, the delivery time of the models has increased by three to five weeks. The lockdown appears to affect production of the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 Max chip and 32GB of RAM. Other versions are displayed as “in stock” on the Apple website.

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