Apple chooses the contractors carefully, paying particular attention to the ability of the manufacturer to establish an uninterrupted supply of products of interest in large batches. A few days ago, Apple representatives visited the factory of Wistron company.
Apple acknowledged Wistron suitable for the production of tablets iPad mini. However, Wistron, obviously will produce tablets in 2014 or 2015. In order to get approval from the Commission for Apple, Taiwanese manufacturer had to create a separate production lines.
Usually Wistron has been producing laptops, tablets and smartphones. Accordingly, the partnership with Apple's release of iPad mini in the future may bring to the company orders for MacBook, iPhone and iPad.