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Apple's Tim Cook joined by Howard Lutnick in opening Houston manufacturing plant
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Apple CEO Tim Cook was joined by government officials, including Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, on Thursday to open a new manufacturing facility offering free training and educational classes for businesses in Houston, Texas.
Key facts
- In 2019, Cook appeared with Trump at the Austin, Texas factory where the $6,000 Mac Pro was assembled
- Last August, Apple introduced a $600 billion spending commitment that it called the American Manufacturing Program
- Apple CEO Tim Cook was joined by government officials, including Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, on Thursday to open a new manufacturing facility offering free training and educational classes
- When I thought about a Mac Mini, I thought, OK, that's like the computer on your desk," Lutnick said
Summary
The facility is also where Apple will manufacture Mac Mini desktop computers later this year, the company said. "We stood up a factory, started production, and shipped the first advanced AI servers off the line, and with Mac Mini production set to begin later this year," Cook said, adding that Apple had spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the facility. President Donald Trump has for years pressed Apple to make its iPhone in the U.S. While the company has tried to appease the administration, it's also worried that Trump's proposed tariffs could snarl its business. Apple has chosen to emphasized the things it does build in the U.S., like components, chips, and cover glass.