Apple supplier sets up shop in Indonesia as island of Batam profits from US-China trade war

Within the coming months, Pegatron Corporation, one of Apple’s biggest suppliers, will open its first factory in Batam, Indonesia, as part of the Taiwanese electronics maker’s effort to insulate themselves from the impact of the US-China trade war.The US$40 million project, which will help diversify some of its manufacturing away from China, is expected to make wireless chips and semiconductors for routers across some 9,000 square metres (97,000 sq ft) of floor space in the 320 hectare (790…