Custom MBP being shipped by "TECH-PRO Shanghai", not Apple???

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Custom MBP being shipped by "TECH-PRO Shanghai", not Apple???

I have a customized 2017 mbp I ordered from the apple website arriving today and although I know that Apple manufactures the laptops abroad in China, when I looked up my tracking number via UPS.com they listed the sender as:

"TECH-PRO SHANGHAI COMPUTER CO LTD

SHANGHAI, CN "

Shouldn't my package be coming from Apple computer? Again I totally understand that the laptops are built and shipped from China but I cannot find any information about this company and their relationship with Apple. Unless this is just how things work with exports from China, ie there must be some chinese owned and operated exporter in the loop.

A few google searches didn't show any specific threads noting this, just that in general the laptops ship out of Shanghai, not noting the company name.

Has anyone else noticed this when ordering their computers?

Posted on Jun 21, 2017 5:33 AM

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tjk

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Jun 21, 2017 8:04 AM in response to Evil_N00B

Hi,

Tech-Com (Shanghai) Computer Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets computers and computer peripherals. The company is based in Shanghai, China. Tech-Com (Shanghai) Computer Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Quanta Development Ltd.

Quanta is, and has been for many years, one of Apple's main producers. Your Mac is coming directly from an Apple manufacturing facility and cutting out a trip to an Apple "holding" plant, thereby getting it to you faster. One of my earlier MBPs came directly from Quanta, the same situation. There is nothing wrong or out of the ordinary here.

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