Apple CEO Tim Cook On Apple's US Manufacturing Move 266
We mentioned a few days back the "Assembled in America" tag showing up on some models of Apple's iMac. Nerval's Lobster points out that in a new interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Apple CEO Tim Cook offered some details on what that means: "'Next year we are going to bring some production to the U.S. on the Mac,' Cook told the magazine. 'We've been working on this for a long time, and we were getting closer to it. It will happen in 2013. We're really proud of it. We could have quickly maybe done just assembly, but it's broader because we wanted to do something more substantial.' He also had comments about Android and current litigation against Samsung and others."
Re:Smart PR move (Score:5, Informative)
It'll be a Foxconn plant though, not an Apple one.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-06/foxconn-plans-american-expansion-as-clients-seek-made-in-u-s-a-.html [bloomberg.com]
Re:So they aren't made in the US now? (Score:2, Informative)
They don't say that. They've always said something like "Designed In California".
Apparently some have already started saying "Assembled in USA" ... before that it was Made in China
Re:China not as cheap (Score:2, Informative)
He said they will begin manufacturing next year for one of the Mac lines. If it was just "Assembling" don't you think he would have said that they are already doing that with the iMac?
Re:What would you have preferred to see? (Score:4, Informative)
> Usually the minimum qualifications are a high school diploma,
You will need at least some jobs like that. Not everyone is capable of (or wants) higher education, some people just missed the boat, others like immigrants will take the opportunity to improve their children's station.
Not everyone without an advanced degree can work in fast food joints, so #1 still gives you a boost to entry-level US jobs as well as a spectrum of jobs up the pay scale including design. manufacturing, engineering, maintenance and so on.
Re:Assembled in America means... (Score:3, Informative)
This lie again? Why are you misleading people?
An “Assembled in USA” claim requires a product’s “last substantial transformation” happen in the United States even if the components of a product are manufactured overseas. However, this requires more than a “screwdriver” assembly of the parts at the end of the process. For Apple to be putting “Assembled in USA” labels on some new iMacs, the company is claiming that it’s doing more than slapping together components into a finished whole.
- http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/does-assembled-in-usa-mean-anything-for-apple/ [digitaltrends.com]
Re:ASSembled in America? (Score:3, Informative)
That's great kid, but the text on the iMacs involved specifically says "USA" and it is explicitly stated that a new line will be made in the USA.
I know "haters gonna hate" but you're grasping at straws.
Re:Drop was margin, not Made In USA (Score:4, Informative)