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→ No, You Can’t Manufacture That Like Apple Does
Edgemade
English - September 18, 2014 16:07 - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsDesign Arts Technology industrial design hardware kickstarter technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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What happened when Apple wanted to CNC machine a million MacBook bodies a year? They bought 10k CNC machines to do it. How about when they wanted to laser drill holes in MacBook Pros for the sleep light but only one company made a machine that could drill those 20 µm holes in aluminum? It bought the company that made the machines and took all the inventory. And that time when they needed batteries to fit into a tiny machined housing but no manufacturer was willing to make batteries so thin? Apple made their own battery cells. From scratch.