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16 toukokuuta 2023
Apple investments with European suppliers top €20 billion in 2022
Apple now supports more than 2.6 million jobs across the region
Today Apple announced its spend with European suppliers has increased more than 50 percent since 2018, totaling €85 billion over the past five years and more than €20 billion in 2022 alone. The investments reach more than 4,000 European suppliers and support cutting-edge innovations that can be found in every product Apple makes, from sensors in Apple Watch, to lasers in iPhone, to microcontrollers in Mac. These investments are also helping advance the green transition of European industry, as Apple is committed to achieving carbon neutrality across its supply chain by the end of this decade. Through these investments and the iOS app economy, Apple now supports more than 2.6 million European jobs.
“Europe’s spirit of innovation and incredible talent brought Apple here more than 40 years ago, and the region’s contribution to our products has never been stronger,” said Cathy Kearney, Apple’s vice president of Operations. “Our deep partnerships with European suppliers have helped create breakthrough technologies, and we’re proud to work closely with suppliers across Europe as we advance our mission to decarbonise our entire global supply chain.”
Supporting Innovation and Job Creation
Apple suppliers in Europe range from large multinational companies to small family-owned businesses. Some have been working with Apple for over 30 years, and new companies — all innovation leaders in their respective fields — join its supply chain each year.
TRUMPF, a family-owned technology company headquartered in Ditzingen, Germany, is a global leader in industrial lasers, machinery, and technology. The company’s high-tech components have been used for a number of Apple products, including a small laser to enable a proximity sensor for iPhone that turns off the screen when it detects an object that is close by — such as when a user holds iPhone up to their ear — saving power and preventing inadvertent touches. To date, TRUMPF has manufactured and delivered more than 1 billion of these small lasers to Apple. Apple and TRUMPF’s engineering teams continue to work together to develop the latest laser technologies to enhance the experience of Apple’s customers.
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor company with strong roots in France and Italy, develops and manufactures chips that contribute to the industry-leading performance and incredible efficiency of Apple devices. For many years, the company has worked with Apple teams on sensors, power management, and wireless integrated circuits for iPhone and other Apple products. STMicroelectronics employs more than 27,000 workers across its European operations, and is investing more than €3.5 billion in 2023 to increase its manufacturing capacity globally, including in France and Italy, where it also manufactures components for Apple devices. This new expansion of manufacturing capacity will support Apple’s future needs for microcontrollers as well as wireless, analog, and mixed-signal integrated circuits. STMicroelectronics has been powering its Apple-related operations with 100 percent renewable energy since 2021.
Creating a Greener Future
Apple works with its suppliers to drive innovations that protect the planet and spur climate action. In Europe, many of them are now part of its Supplier Clean Energy Program, working with Apple to achieve carbon neutrality for their Apple-related corporate operations.
Apple has been carbon neutral for its global corporate operations since 2020, and is focused on its ambitious goal to become carbon neutral across its entire global supply chain and the life cycle of every product by 2030.
Austrian chip manufacturer ams is one of the latest European companies to join Apple’s Supplier Clean Energy Program. Companies like DSM Engineering Materials in the Netherlands, Infineon in Germany and Austria, and Solvay in Belgium are supporting a range of renewable energy solutions, such as wind projects and onsite solar and innovative structures like virtual power purchase agreements. Of the European manufacturing partners committed to clean energy, eight are already achieving 100 percent renewable electricity for their Apple production — including Viscom AG and Victrex. Robert Bosch GmbH, which recently joined Apple’s Supplier Clean Energy Program, and VARTA Microbattery GmbH are achieving 100 percent renewable electricity through green utility power.
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