Apple said shifting iBook production


Bloomberg quotes a Commercial Times report as saying that Hon Hai Precision (known as Foxconn in the US) expects to start producing the iBook laptop for Apple.

According to the report, Hon Hai has hired away 10 engineers from current iBook OEM Alpha-Top and plans to scalp additional talent in coming weeks. Additionally, the company has said it intends to build an LCD-manufacturing plant in Taiwan.

Hon Hai is the manufacturer of Apple's eMac and the original iMac. It also manufactures key components used in the new LCD iMacs.