- Apple has just promised that future iPhone and Apple Watch models will have glass made in the United States
- It is not an iPhone or Apple Watch completely integrated or Apple Watch
- It is part of a greater investment of $ 600 billion in Apple’s American economy
Although it is not an iPhone completely done in the US. UU., Apple is making some important news related to the hardware along with a new commitment of the technological giant based in Cupertino to invest a total of $ 600 billion in the economy of the United States in the next five years.
Apple, in a newly announced association with Corning, will aim to make and produce all glass covers for iPhone and Apple Watch in the United States, specifically at Corning facilities in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. It is part of a new commitment of $ 2.5 billion of Apple and means that once in its place, all glass models for iPhone and Apple Watch worldwide will be made in the United States.
The Apple Association with Corning is far from being new. While Apple rarely explicitly names who makes what components, it is known that they use a personalized form of Corning Gorilla Glass. Corning has always been a company based in the United States. The news that all the manufacture of iphone and Apple Watch glass is arriving in the United States inadvertently that Apple may have been using multiple glass suppliers, including some from outside the United States. However, that changes now.
More recently, this installation has been producing glass called ‘Ceramic Shield’ for Apple iPhone alignment. The Harrodsburg installation, Kentucky, will be used exclusively to make Apple devices in the future. The statement indicates that this decision will increase the CORNING manufacturing and engineering workforce here by 50% and that a combined apple innovation center will open nearby.
At a joint conference held at the White House and assisted by the Apple CEO, Tim Cook, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, declared that this is a “smart glass production line” and finally create 20,000 new US jobs.
Cook actually gave Trump a gift, well, an Apple gift, a piece of corning glass with ‘Trump’ engraved on it, and a base made of 24 carat gold gold. It could be the first unboxing on the resolved desktop, at least made by the Apple CEO.
The biggest image: Apple is increasing its promised American investment
While this is the main news related to the hardware as part of Apple’s commitment, the company promised an additional investment of $ 100 billion in the United States. Previously, the total investment was $ 500 billion, and that increases to $ 600 billion, which should be completed within four years.
Together with the new association with Corning, Apple also pledged to work even more with other American manufacturers such as Coherent, Globalwafers America (GWA), applied Materials, Texas Instruments (TI), Samsung, Globalfoundries, Amkor and Broadcom. This is called the American manufacturing program of Apple and will result in 450,000 tangible jobs created in the United States in 79 factories.
Beyond the fact that all the glass for the iPhone and Apple Watch will be done in the United States, Apple also hopes to create an end -to -end silicon supply chain in the United States. Apple already expects this supply chain to build more than 19 billion chips for the end of 2025 here. Speaking at the White House, Cook said: “American innovation is essential for everything we do,” and it is clear that the technological giant is investing even more to ensure that this is the case in the future, especially from a construction perspective.
Apple’s decision to change some manufacturing components to the US. Trump said, for companies like Apple, “if you are building in the United States or has committed to build in the United States, there will be no charge.”
Apple also began the construction of a 250,000 square feet installation in Houston, Texas, which focuses on the construction of advanced Apple servers, and is expanding a data center that supports services such as Apple TV+ and Apple Music in Maiden, North Carolina.
