Apple brings iMac manufacturing back to the US from China

[Korean]

Apple's New iMac: Some 'Assembled in USA' Instead of China - ABC News

Some New Apple iMacs Say 'Assembled in USA'

A 2012 iMac bought by iFixit.com reads "Assembled in USA" rather than "Assembled in China."

By JOANNA STERN (@joannastern)
Dec.3, 2012
The new iMacs' 5mm edges and vivid displays are the first things you will notice about Apple's brand-new all-in-one desktops, which went on sale last Friday. But a few people noticed something else.

On the bottom of a few iMac pedestals, some buyers saw the following text: "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in USA." Most Apple products, of course, say "Assembled in China."

iFixit.com, a website that dismantles products to determine the cost and make of the system, also had a machine made in the U.S. "It's the first product from Apple in quite a long while that says 'Assembled in the United States,' " Miroslav Djuric, iFixit's chief information architect, told ABC News. iFixit said it bought the iMac at an Apple Store. It did not configure it with any special parts from Apple's website.

Some other sites such as Fortune and 9to5Mac were contacted by buyers who said they had similar U.S.-assembled computers.

Apple declined to comment on the iMacs assembled in the U.S.

Bloomberg: Foxconn plans US expansion to fill demand for American-made products

Bloomberg: Foxconn plans US expansion to fill demand for American-made products
By Donald Melanson posted Dec 6th, 2012 at 10:40 AM 3

Apple CEO Tim Cook caused quite a stir when he announced that at least some Macs would soon be made in the US, and it looks like one of the world's biggest device manufacturers is now set to follow suit. As Bloomberg reports, Foxconn is planning to expand its operations in the US to fulfill what it sees as a growing demand for more Made in the USA products. While not providing many details beyond that, Foxconn spokesperson Louis Woo says "supply chain is one of the big challenges for U.S. expansion," adding that "any manufacturing we take back to the US needs to leverage high-value engineering talent there in comparison to the low-cost labor of China." Of course, while the timing of the news is a bit coincidental, there's no indication that Foxconn will be working with Apple on its US manufacturing plans, nor is there any word on any other clients it's lined up.

So the China exodus has begun.

 

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Apple's New iMac: Some 'Assembled in USA' Instead of China - ABC News



Bloomberg: Foxconn plans US expansion to fill demand for American-made products



So the China exodus has begun.

Lenovo is the biggest PC maker，you dumbass.

 

[ahfatzia]

So the China exodus has begun.


Exodus? you're losing it, man!

Who in his fair mind would run away from a market that grows exponentially? It's just a small move to placate its internal political atmosphere, nothing more.

 

[Jackdaws]

The term is called "tipping point" and has been doing the rounds in the press. Most analysts assume that wages will rise enough in China by 2020 or 2025 for it to cost effective to bring back most manufacturing to the western nations.

Recently Google showed Nexus Q and would manufacture it in the US.

Actually, this is India's loss. Rising wages in China should have propelled India to become a manufacturing hub. But lack of infrastructure and Governmental red tape and apathy has prevented it.

 

[JayAtl]

They need to bring it back and are doing so because they are getting bad PR about 500,000 jobs in China . Bring it back, "Made in the USA" is a reputable brand and the best brand.

 

[Korean]

Chinese wage level has cross the threshold, where it no longer makes financial sense to build things for export from China. So foreign exporters are now leaving China, and only the companies targeting Chinese domestic market are staying.

It also affects the competitiveness of Chinese owned exporters, who may be compelled and leave China in search of cheaper labor.

 

[Audio]

Exodus? you're losing it, man!

Who in his fair mind would run away from a market that grows exponentially? It's just a small move to placate its internal political atmosphere, nothing more.

It's not about selling, but manufacturing mr. Chi-bot.

 

[Jackdaws]

I read that the Chinese are getting North Koreans on "study-work visas" and making them work for lesser than the Chinese worker. Rest assured, the western world will always have a source to exploit cheap labor. It will be South Asia at some point - then there is the whole of Africa.

 

[Audio]

I read that the Chinese are getting North Koreans on "study-work visas" and making them work for lesser than the Chinese worker. Rest assured, the western world will always have a source to exploit cheap labor. It will be South Asia at some point - then there is the whole of Africa.

3D printing.

 

[RKhan]

It's actually happening so Apple can file for tax credits "incentives" for bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.