Apple Inc. said Thursday it has invested more than $100 billion in its Japanese supply network over the past five years. Apple visits Japan’s semiconductor hub
Cook said on Twitter on Monday that he had visited Kumamoto prefecture. Southwestern Japan is home to the factories of many leading semiconductor and technology companies. Including a factory under construction of a Taiwanese company. Semiconductor Factory Menu Company(TSMC)
Apple said in a statement that the company has increased spending with suppliers in Japan by more than 30% since 2019, with a network covering nearly 1,000 businesses ranging from multinational corporations to family-owned businesses.
Reuters reports, citing information from Apple, that Sony Group Corp. is one of Japan’s largest suppliers of camera sensors for iPhone products, mentioning corporate partners, small and medium-sized enterprises such as Inoue Ribbon Industry, a textile company, and Shinchon Co. , a mold manufacturing company.
By InfoQuest News Agency (Dec. 13 ’22)
Tags: iphone, supplier, Japan, Tim Cook, supply, semiconductor, The Apple company., Sony Group Corp.
