Foxconn currently houses plants for HP and Sony in Jundiai and is preparing to open a third manufacturing line in 2013 after receiving millions of dollars of investments.
The study cited in this rumor had been mentioned by Secretary for Economic Development of Jundiai, Ari Castro Nunes Filho, during a ceremony formalizing the transfer of Horiba from Sao Paulo to the Industrial District Jundiaí. On this topic, the Apple, as always, did face sphinx ("We do not comment speculation"); Foxconn, in turn, stated that it had an official position on Apple in Brazil. At least neither of them denied the whole story ... that's something.
The report is unclear about where they got their information but the translation says the information comes from “studies” which probably means research or an internal source. Apple and Foxconn currently base their manufacturing plants in China. Apple declined to comment on the report.
In November 2010 Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista said he will pay 1.6 billion dollars to open up an Apple manufacturing plant in Brazil. Although this is unrelated to Foxconn opening up an Apple plant in Brazil, it does demonstrate that Apple may have been pushed to open plants out of China.
If this rumor is confirmed, it is possible that Apple's products manufactured in Brazil to become at least a bit more affordable. Let's hope that the BRIC countries, we are second on the list of Steve Jobs - since he decided to start with heavy investments in China. The report says.
We will keep an eye on this news and hope other brands will come on board too. Good news for South America.
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