Apple Expands 250,000-Square-Foot Houston Site as Lutnick Touts $600 Billion U.S. Manufacturing Push
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Updated · Houston Public Media · Aug 13
Apple Expands 250,000-Square-Foot Houston Site as Lutnick Touts $600 Billion U.S. Manufacturing Push
3 articles · Updated · Houston Public Media · Aug 13
Summary
Houston’s new advanced manufacturing center drew Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who used Thursday’s visit to hail Apple’s U.S. expansion as evidence Trump is bringing tech manufacturing back.
Apple said earlier this year it would double the size of its 250,000-square-foot Houston facility, including the 20,000-square-foot center that the company says is the first U.S. site making Mac minis.
Tim Cook tied the project to Apple’s broader $600 billion U.S. manufacturing investment, saying the company believes in American workers and ingenuity.
The event also underscored the policy backdrop: Trump has promoted tariffs as a way to restore factory jobs, even after the Supreme Court struck down some of those measures.
Federal data show the manufacturing rebound remains uneven, with U.S. factory employment down slightly over the past year while Texas manufacturing jobs were roughly flat.
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