Apple to open plant in Mesa; more than 700 jobs to come.

Apple to open plant in Mesa; more than 700 jobs to come - East Valley Tribune: Mesa: One of the world’s largest technology companies will build a brand-new manufacturing facility in Mesa that will add hundreds of permanent jobsand more than 1,000 temporary construction positions to the region.

The Governor’s Office announced in a press release Monday that Apple will open a plant in Mesa that will create a minimum of 700 jobs in its first year alone. That doesn’t include the estimated 1,300 construction and associated positions that should come from the facility’s construction.

The plant will be located in the city’s Gateway region at the more than 1 million-square-foot First Solar facility, which is near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and the Eastmark community.

According to a press release from GT Advanced Technologies, the facility will produce sapphire material for Apple products. Per the release, GT will own and operate furnaces and other pieces of equipment to produce the sapphire material for Apple, with Apple owning the actual facility. 

As part of a multi-year supply agreement, Apple will provide GT a prepayment of approximately $578 million, and will reimburse Apple over the course of five years beginning in 2015.

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