Apple in talks to make MacBooks in Thailand
published : 13 Apr 2023 at 11:46
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Reuters
Apple Inc is in talks with suppliers to make MacBooks in Thailand as the company continues to expand its manufacturing outside of China, according to reports on Thursday.
Suppliers who are participating in these talks have existing manufacturing complexes in Thailand for other clients and are discussing possible assembly and production of components and modules for MacBooks, sources from three suppliers directly involved in the conversations with Apple told Nikkei.
Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Apple and its key suppliers have been shifting production away from China as they seek to avoid a potential hit to business from mounting Sino-United States trade frictions.
Vocabulary
- assembly (noun): the process of putting together the parts of something such as a vehicle or piece of furniture - การประกอบ
- avoid: to stay away from; to not use - หลีกเลี่ยง
- complex: an area that has several parts - พื้นที่ประกอบด้วยส่วนต่าง ๆ
- component: a part which combines with other parts to form something bigger - ส่วนประกอบ,ส่วนเสริม
- friction: the action of one object or surface moving against another; the resistance (= the force that stops something moving) of one surface to another surface or substance moving over or through it - การเสียดสี, การขัดสีกันระหว่างวัตถุ
- immediately (adv): happening right after something else with no delay; right away - ทันที
- manufacturing (noun): making and producing a product - การผลิต
- participating: taking part in something - เข้าร่วม
- Sino (adj.): Chinese or related to Chinese culture or China -
- supplier: a person or company that supplies goods - ผู้จัดหาสิ่งของให้, ผู้ผลิตสินค้าและวัตถุดิบ
