Company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), has a development and research center under construction in Yokohama, Japan, it should be officially opened in 2016, but the Apple company postponed the plans for 2017. The center is an ultra-modern one, in which the Apple company invests over 100 million dollars, and the local government praises the initiative of those from Cupertino.
Apple's new research and development center is to be opened in March of this year, it will have a total area of approximately 8000 square meters. In this center, Apple will develop future important products for global markets, and the chief of staff of the Prime Minister of Japan praised Apple in a new interview.
He stated that this research and development center represents a real opportunity for Japan and could motivate other companies to act in the same way. For Japan, everything is a demonstration of the fact that there are enough talented and capable engineers in the country to develop important products for the Apple company.
Apple currently has several research and development centers in Asia, investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the area at the moment. Apple wants to have more control over the research and development process of its products, so the investments will not stop here.
Suga says "From now on, this will be the site where new products will be released not only within Japan but also to the world. Things like this bring us such a huge dream.” and expressed his expectation "for the establishment of the Apple site to trigger a big chance."
