Foxconn to make Macbook, iPad in Vietnam

Fukang Technology, under Foxconn, will manufacture Macbook and iPad in Vietnam with its existing investment worth VND12.5 trillion ($508 million).

The project, located in the Quang Chau Industrial Park, the northern province of Bac Giang, received its first investment certificate in January 2021. Fukang Technology is seeking to install more equipment and have its license updated to meet Apple's environmental protection requirements.

The updates include the installation of four air treatment systems capable of processing 30,000 cubic meters a day for the tablet production line, and six others with the same capacity for the laptop production line.

The project has an annual output of 16.1 million tablets and laptops. As such, Fukang Technology is seeking approval for updates to the project’s initial phase of 4.5 million items a year.

In combination with other products such as wireless wi-fi routers, routers and loudspeakers, the project’s annual output will be 28.5 million items.

In June, Brand Cheng, CEO at Foxconn Industrial Internet, informed Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh that the Taiwan-headquartered firm had invested around $4 billion in five Vietnamese provinces, employing 80,000 people.

The company recorded a total operating income of $6.7 billion from its Vietnamese affiliates in 2023, according to its annual report.

One of the most recent investments Foxconn has made is an additional $551 million in Vietnam’s northern coastal province of Quang Ninh. A part of this investment is a $263.7 million project to manufacture Nintendo Switch gaming consoles.