According to a report by AppleInsider, this Apple supplier is setting up a large manufacturing facility in Kunshan city of China with an area of 285,000 square meters. The firm plans to complete the first phase of the new site in the middle of next year. If everything goes according to plan, the production of the iPhone at the new facility could start next year. Luxshare is making a major investment of US$ 1.73 billion in this project.
Through the new plant, the company will be able to further increase the work of assembling the iPhone. The production of devices here is expected to increase from 6.5 million units to 12 million or 15 million units by the end of 2022. Trying to understand this new factory of Luxshare, the new manufacturing park is as much as 40 football grounds. Luxshare has taken a nearby plant on lease. Renovated it. This plant was previously owned by an iPad assembler.
With the announcement of this big plant, a big change can be seen in Apple’s supply chain. In recent times iPhone assembly has been moving from Taiwan to China. Of the suppliers that Apple included in its list earlier this year, 33 per cent are from China. Currently, the company is assembling most of its iPhones through suppliers like Foxconn and Pegatron. Both these suppliers belong to Taiwan and manufacture a wide range of iPhones. This trend can change with the big plant being built in China.
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