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A customer reboxes an iPhone 11 Pro Max at an Apple Store in Beijing. © Reuters

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's Catcher Technology, a key supplier of metal iPhone casings, has agreed to sell two factories to a Chinese rival in a $1.42 billion deal that will deepen China-based suppliers' involvement in the Apple supply chain.

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