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WORK FOR APPLE: 2.4 MILLION US JOBS AND COUNTING

As Apple reveals its US jobs footprint has grown to 2.4 million, we pull back the curtain on one of America’s biggest employers, explore how the firm has transformed the technology industry, and explain how anyone can make a living from Apple and its ecosystems…

2.4 MILLION JOBS AND COUNTING

More than three decades ago, Andy MacKay and four friends founded Maccor, which today has earned a reputation as the number one manufacturer of battery testing systems in the world. For a company like Apple, battery testing is critical - in fact, the company cannot ship a single unit without first ensuring its batteries are safe and reliable. That’s why, for a number of years, Apple has depended on the team at Maccor and its expertise in its field to power its iPhone battery testing, helping to create more than 130 jobs in Oklahoma and Maccor’s new facility in California. That’s just , according to a press release published by the company last week. Indeed, Apple says that Maccor is just one of nine thousand American suppliers currently

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