Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said that Apple is a technology company, but we will never forget that the equipment we make is imagined by people's minds and made by people to improve human life.
Sabih Khan, Senior Vice President of Apple Operations, said that in 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic ravaged the world, and the Apple team conducted 1,12/supplier evaluations in 53 countries/regions to ensure compliance with Apple's code of conduct. Up to this year, more than 2 1 10,000 suppliers' employees have received training, and 460 courses on education, skills development and enrichment have been held.
Sabih Khan pointed out that Apple will be carbon neutral by 2020. Up to now, more than 65,438+065,438+00 suppliers from all walks of life around the world have promised to use 65,438+000% renewable energy in all manufacturing processes of Apple, hoping to achieve the goal of manufacturing products without obtaining resources from the earth one day. At present, all suppliers' manufacturers have achieved 65,438+000%.
Apple reviewed the list of the top 200 supply chains in 2020, including six new factories in Taiwan Province. Among them, Shuanghong is the main supplier of Apple's notebook computer heat pipes, including high-end Macbook and Macbook Pro heat pipe orders, and with the sharp increase of iPhone screen refresh frequency, the heat dissipation demand has increased greatly. Shuanghong is expected to start supplying related products this year.
Yecheng GIS-KY is one of the important supply chains of Apple's MacBook and iPad. The unique Megasite production mode can provide SMT service and panel assembly at the same time, which is favored by Apple. In addition, with the withdrawal of competitor Shenzhen Eurofilm Technology Co., Ltd., Apple decided to increase the application ratio of Yecheng in the supply chain.
Maolin–ky benefited from the MacBook Pro keyboard and changed back to the scissor foot design; Crystal technology is to replace the timely component factory Seiko and return to the supply chain list; Kangkong -KY benefits from the increase in the number of supplied parts; Jiaze provides CPU sockets, DDR slots, I/O connectors and other components, and is included in Apple's supply chain list.
Six factories in Taiwan Province have also been removed, including Zheng Long and Mingxiang technologies related to the supply of packaging materials, which shows Apple's determination to promote environmental protection. Jingjia Optoelectronics is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TPK-KY, as well as a keyboard supplier Dafang, an acoustic component factory in Lu Mei and a soft board factory in Fuyang Technology, which are invested by Heshuo and Jingshuo.
There are 12 manufacturers included in Apple's supply chain, including Lingyizhi Manufacturing, Nanping Aluminum, Beijing Zhao Yi Innovation, tianma microelectronics, Jiangsu Jingyan, Suzhou Shengli Precision, Derun Electronics, Xinlun Technology, etc., while Guangdong Chaoyang Electronics and Jilin Liyuan Refining and Chemical were excluded, and the total number of new companies exceeded all countries/regions.
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