Apple Inc. suppliers are gradually establishing new production facilities in the U.S., with a focus on California, to move more manufacturing out of China.
What Happened
Apple released a supplier list for the financial year 2021, which shows that 48 of the company’s 180 suppliers had some operations in the U.S. as of September 2021. This number is up from 25 a year ago, says a report in The Wall Street Journal. California had more than 30 sites, up from less than 10 a year ago.
Apple said the list was posted online last week. It reveals that many major suppliers, including chip makers Qualcomm Inc. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., product assembler Foxconn Technology Group and provider of image sensors Sony Group Corp., added production sites in the U.S. during the year….