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When they started building the current Mac Pro in the USA, they couldn't find the correct screws for a particular component. When they eventually found a supplier who could deliver something that was close to spec, the owner of the factory hand-delivered it to them over 22 trips in his Lexus:

https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/28/apple-mac-pro-screwed/

You won't be facing these kinds of delays in China.

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You won't be facing these kinds of delays in China.

On day one, China has this advantage.

But on day 300? It's not like there is no company in the United States That can ever make the matching screw.

It's probably a lot more than 300 and China can turn off the tap on day one.

Its not just the capacity to make a screw - its the contract with Apple that they will buy it once your investors have started paying for the company to make it.

Good luck merely getting registered as a new vendor for anything a multinational company makes.

Let alone winning a tender.

I groaned at this. Purchased a Chinese made lawn mower engine and the bolts for it weren't long enough to mount it in my mower. So, I went looking for longer bolts. Turned out that the Chinese bolts weren't Metric or SAE. Totally nonstandard junk.

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