Apple looks at rolling out some ‘Made In USA’ Macs in 2013

Apple Inc plans to move some production of Macintosh computers to the US from China next year, chief executive Tim Cook said in remarks published on Thursday, in what could be an important test of the nascent comeback in US electronics manufacturing. Apple makes the majority of its products, from Macs to the iPhone and iPad, in China, the world’s factory floor for electronics. But like other US corporations, it has come under fire for relying on low-cost Asian labour and contributing to the decline of the US manufacturing sector. Cook did not say which Macintosh products will be produced in the US. But the effort is expected to go well beyond simple final assembly of devices, with Apple and unnamed partners building most or all of the components in the US as well.

“The company will spend more than $100 million on the US manufacturing initiative,” Cook said in an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, published on Thursday. “This doesn't mean that Apple will do it ourselves, but we'll be working with people and we'll be investing our money,” Cook said. He told NBC's “Rock Center” programme, in an interview to be aired later Thursday, that only one of the existing Mac product lines would be manufactured exclusively in the US.

Apple’s decision, hailed by some analysts as an important first step even if it affected a tiny fraction of its overall output, was dismissed

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