Taiwan makers receive Apple's Mac mini and iPod shuffle orders

Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry) is the contract manufacturer for Apple's newly launched Mac mini computers, while Asustek Computer is making the iPod shuffle for the vendor, according to sources close to the deals. The Chinese-language Commercial Times reported yesterday that Asustek had secured the orders for both the items.

However, sources at both at Foxconn and Asustek declined to comment on the orders, citing client confidentiality.

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