Apple in talks with suppliers to make MacBooks in Thailand - Nikkei

People look at MacBook Airs at the World Trade Center Apple Store during a Black Friday sales event in Manhattan, New York City

APPLE Inc is in talks with suppliers to make MacBooks in Thailand as the company continues to expand its manufacturing footprint outside of China, Nikkei reported on Thursday.

Suppliers who are participating in these talks have existing manufacturing complexes in Thailand for other clients and are discussing possible assembly and production of components and modules for MacBooks, sources from three suppliers directly involved in the conversations with Apple told Nikkei.