Apple To Build Its New Mac Pro In Austin

AUSTIN, TX — Apple announced on Monday its newly redesigned Mac Pro will be built in Austin at the same facility where's it's been assembled since 2013.

The latest generation of Mac Pro was unveiled at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference in June, company officials said in a press release. The new Mac Pro will include components designed, developed and manufactured by more than a dozen American companies for distribution to U.S. customers.

Company officials noted that manufacturers and suppliers across Arizona, Maine, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Vermont — including Intersil and ON Semiconductor — are providing advanced technology for its signature product. The U.S. manufacturing of Mac Pro is made possible following a federal product exclusion Apple is receiving for certain necessary components. The value of American-made components in the new Mac Pro is 2.5 times greater than in Apple’s previous generation Mac Pro, officials noted.

“The Mac Pro is Apple’s most powerful computer ever and we’re proud to be building it in Austin. We thank the administration for their support enabling this opportunity,” Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, said in a prepared statement. “We believe deeply in the power of American innovation. That’s why every Apple product is designed and engineered in the US, and made up of parts from 36 states, supporting 450,000 jobs with US suppliers, and we’re going to continue growing here.”

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Officials said Apple is on track to fulfill its commitment to invest $350 billion in the U.S. economy by 2023. Last year alone, the company spent over $60 billion with more than 9,000 domestic suppliers across the country, including at manufacturing locations in 36 states, company officials added.

The technology firm's investment in innovation supports 2.4 million jobs in all 50 states, officials added, including 90,000 direct employees. The announcement comes in the wake of an announcement last week detailing the company's awarding of $250 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to Corning Inc., supplier of precision glass for iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad. To date, officials said, Apple has invested over $1 billion in American companies from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund — deploying the entire $1 billion initial investment and 20 percent of the $5 billion it subsequently committed to spend. In December, Apple announced plans to expand its presence in Austin and a dozen other cities across the country, including San Diego and Seattle.