HP to move production of millions of PCs to Thailand, Mexico

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Company follows Dell, Apple in diversifying supply chain beyond China

HP has lagged other global PC makers in shifting away from China but now plans to move some production to Thailand and Mexico. (Source photos by Getty) © Getty Images
CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei Asia tech correspondentsJuly 18, 2023 12:17 JST


TAIPEI -- HP is working with suppliers to shift production of millions of consumer and commercial laptops to Thailand and Mexico this year, in the top U.S. computer maker's first substantial move to diversify its personal computer supply chain beyond China.

The world's No. 2 PC maker by shipments after China's Lenovo, HP is planning to shift some commercial notebook computer production to Mexico, while a portion of its consumer laptop production will go to Thailand, sources briefed on the matter told Nikkei Asia. HP is also planning to shift some laptop production to Vietnam, starting next year, one of the suppliers said.

HP to move production of millions of PCs to Thailand, Mexico

Company follows Dell, Apple in diversifying supply chain beyond China

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[SaadH]

The natural question to ask here is when production originally relocated from American soil to Asia in the first place, was that a good thing or a bad thing for American companies and economy?