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Apple has begun work on AirTag factory in Batam, minister says
The US-based tech giant has acquired land for the US$1 billion-facility on Batam Island, according to Indonesia’s investment minister.
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Customers walk past an Apple logo inside an Apple store on Aug. 1, 2018, at Grand Central Station in New York, the United States. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)
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pple has begun work on a factory worth US$1 billion [Rp 16 trillion] on the island of Batam in Riau Islands to make its AirTag tracking devises, according to the government.
Investment and Downstream Minister Rosan Roeslani said the United States-based tech giant had acquired land to build the plant.
The government has been pushing for direct investment from Apple to revoke a sales ban that prevents the company from selling its latest iPhone model in the country, but the AirTag factory project has yet to convince the Industry Ministry to lift the ban.
“We have managed to convince them [Apple] to enter Batam. The site has been acquired, shown to us and we have done cut and fill to start construction. It is expected that, in early 2026, in February, it will be ready for the AirTag [production],” Rosan said on Wednesday, as quoted by detik.com.
He acknowledged that the construction project was still at an early stage but expressed his expectation that more Apple suppliers would invest in the country.
Rosan noted that other countries, namely Vietnam, had attracted at least 36 Apple suppliers, as well as Malaysia and Thailand with 26 suppliers, adding that “this is something we want to do as well”.
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