The new MacBook design is allowing Apple to move production of these models to Vietnam and thus further its goal of decentralizing the manufacturing of its products from China. According to Nikki Asiathe Cupertino company is in talks to produce both the aforementioned equipment, as well as its Apple Watch, in the Southeast Asian country, and has already started test manufacturing in two of the plants that Luxshare Precision Industry and Foxconn, its main providers, they have in the region.
Apple, let’s remember, It has been trying for years not to depend on China to manufacture its products. due to bad relations with the country. Relations that, in addition, have gone considerably worse due to current events, such as the war in Russia and Ukraine or the hypothetical Chinese invasion of Taiwan. The company, precisely, already manufactures some of its products in Vietnam. Among them, some iPad models and AirPods, but moving other devices out of the Asian country is apparently complicated. Mainly, because many of the components for this equipment are manufactured in China, which makes moving them from one country to another not only logistically more difficult, but also more expensive.
“Progress in moving mass production into the country has been slow, partly due to pandemic-related disruptions, but also because laptop production involves a larger supply chain.”
secures Nikki Asia citing anonymous sources.
The modular design of MacBooks is making it easier to produce outside of China
With the new MacBooks, however, Apple has a significant advantage. The design of the equipment is very different from its predecessors; Not only externally, but also internally. In fact, the aforementioned medium ensures that the fact that the design of the company’s laptops has become “more modular” is what is facilitating production outside of China. The motherboard, in particular, now integrates more components, which speeds up – and also minimizes – considerably the transfer of them. Also assembly in factories in Vietnam.
It would not be strange, moreover, that Apple had taken into account the redesign of its MacBook to, precisely, move production out of China. The appearance of these teams does not change every generation. It is maintained for years, only modifying some areas internally (processor, autonomy, screen), or small external elements, such as the keyboard.
In addition to MacBooks, Apple Also Full of Moving Apple Watch Production to Vietnam. Still, even with the complexity of the production of this device, because the company’s smart watch, let’s remember, must integrate a multitude of components in a considerably reduced space. Apple is also planning to move production of the HomePod, its smart speaker, to the Southeast Asian country.
Meanwhile, the number of Apple suppliers in Vietnam continues to increase. According to research from Nikki Asia, There are already 22 manufacturers that have Apple in their respective client portfolios. Companies like Samsung are also trying to reduce reliance on China in the face of continued tension between China and the United States.