Positives of locating in Cork...
- Employment, 4,000 workers directly on its iMac production line and call centre.
- The companies present has attracted other high-tech firms into the area.
- It has also attracted a highly skilled workforce and provided an inspiration for local education, R&D.
- The company has expanded and contributed to infrastructural development in the city.
- Together with other companies locating in the South and West of Ireland, Apple has enhanced Ireland's reputation for hosting high-tech TNCs which contributed to the 'Celtic Tiger' economy of the 1990s and early 2000s.