Three critical Apple suppliers in China have suspended production in key locations, due to new COVID-19 associated restrictions and lockdowns. Nikkei Asia reports. The lockdowns are putting further strain on an already tight supply chain.
Nikkei Asia reports that Pegatron has suspended production at its only two facilities that make iPhones, which are located in Shanghai and Kunshan. The supplier is responsible for 20-30% of all iPhones made.
Pegatron, the iPhone assembler, said in a stock exchange filing on Tuesday that operations at its two production sites in Shanghai and the Chinese city of Kunshan have been suspended to comply with government regulations. These are Pegatron’s only iPhone manufacturing bases, as its new iPhone assembly plant in India has not yet begun operation, Nikkei Asia has learned. Pegatron makes roughly 20% to 30% of all iPhones.
MacBook maker Quanta and iPad assembler Compal are the two other suppliers affected.
Quanta, the world’s biggest contract notebook manufacturer and a key MacBook maker, told Nikkei Asia that it has halted production at its key manufacturing site in the Songjiang district of Shanghai since the start of April in compliance with the government’s COVID prevention measures […]
Major iPad and notebook maker Compal Electronics also has halted activities at its Kunshan facilities, according to the company.
Apple has been faced with a constrained supply chain for several months now, with product availability and supply wildly fluctuating over the last several months.