According to information published At DigiTimes, Apple is working "aggressively" to expand its presence in Southeast Asia. Everything according to the Chinese medium, Tim Cook and company have been working to join forces with Foxconn, which will further strengthen the relationship between the American and Taiwanese company. To be more specific, Apple is expected to create two new R&D centers in 2017, one in Indonesia and the other in Shenzhen, China.
Foxconn, who as usual has declined to comment on the news, has some presence in Indonesia, since it works with distributors Luna and Huawei there. Explained this, everything seems to indicate that Apple's movement only has one objective that is none other than work shoulder to shoulder with the company that is, so to speak, the "iPhone factory", something that, without a doubt, will not be very funny to the president-elect of the United States Donald Trump, who prefers that those of Cupertino manufacture their devices in their own country.
Apple and Foxconn strengthen their relationships
This isn't the first time we've talked about Apple's plans to have presence in Indonesia. In fact, this month we talked that they had planned to make an investment of 44 million dollars in the country, which would allow them to sell all their iPhones there. Apparently, that investment also has a second objective, which is for Apple's engineering team to work in a closer and collaborative way with the partners that make its devices.
On the other hand, a strong relationship with Foxconn would also mean that Apple would have the ability to expand around the world at a faster rate. In fact, Foxconn is rumored to be looking to expand into the United States, investing $ 7.000 billion and creating 50.000 jobs. What remains to be seen is what Donald Trump thinks of all this.