Tech giant Apple AAPL.O plans to invest $1 billion in a manufacturing plant in Indonesia that produces components for smartphones and other products, Indonesia's investment minister said on Thursday.

Apple has no manufacturing suppliers in Indonesia, though in April 2024, Tim Cook promised to consider local production. Indonesia waited until October 2024 and then banned the then-new iPhone 16 ...

Now, Reuters reports that Apple plans to spend $1 billion on its first manufacturing plant in Indonesia. The factory will produce smartphone components and other parts for Apple products.

It would also mark a victory for Indonesia’s government, which back in October banned the sale of Apple’s new iPhone 16 handsets, which were released globally in September, on the grounds that ...

Apple initially invested in Indonesia by putting $109M into a developer academy there, with a further $10M manufacturing spend. The government said that Apple had fallen short on the first promise ...

MOBILES & TABLETS News: Apple is negotiating with its suppliers to set up iPhone manufacturing in Indonesia to address a sales ban of its iPhone 16 series. The company aims t ...

Indonesian officials met with Apple on January 7 and approved the factory proposal, though other issues are still being negotiated. Indonesia approves Apple's AirTag manufacturing project 中文網 ...

Apple has proposed investing almost US$10 million to make additional goods in Indonesia as it seeks to have the country’s ban on sales of its latest iPhone removed, reports the South China Morning ...

Apple currently has no manufacturing facilities in Indonesia, a country of about 280 million people, but since 2018 it has set up application developer academies.

Four months since Indonesia banned sales of the iPhone 16 and demanded increasing investment from Apple, it is reported that the company is talking to its suppliers about building the iPhone locally.

US-based technology giant Apple is planning to make an investment of $1 billion in a manufacturing plant in Indonesia to make components for smartphones and other products, Indonesia’s ...

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