Apple Has Action Plan to Build 'New Production Introduction' Sites Outside China [Kuo] an hour ago iclarified.com Apple has an action plan to build 'New Production Introduction' sites outside China following recent COVID lockdowns in the country, according to TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple's new product introduction (NPI) sites are almost in China. It was the first time for Apple to evaluate building NPI sites in non-China seriously when the COVID-19 outbreak first occurred about two years ago, but internally it only proceeded to the proposal stage. However, after the recent lockdowns in China, to diversify supply chain...