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Title: Apple, Foxconn considering joint investment in $7 billion U.S. display factory Post by: HCK on January 24, 2017, 04:05:22 pm Apple, Foxconn considering joint investment in $7 billion U.S. display factory
A new display facility would rely on automation to make large display panels. Foxconn Chairman Tarry Gou says that the company is considering a joint investment with Apple in a new display manufacturing facility in the United States. The facility would apparently cost around $7 billion and be "highly automated". From Nikki Asian Review: "Apple is willing to invest in the facility together because they need the [panels] as well," Gou told reporters after the company's annual year-end party in the Nankang district of Taipei. The U.S. production site eventually would create 30,000 to 50,000 jobs, the Taiwanese tycoon said. Foxconn is also considering moving a display startup, Smart Technologies, from Canada to the U.S. following the inauguration of President Donald Trump, who has previously indicated that he will pursue a major increase in U.S.-based manufacturing. However, Gou is skeptical that the American public will want to pay the increased prices that would come from consu... Source: Apple, Foxconn considering joint investment in $7 billion U.S. display factory (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/C02hj3UAoT4/apple-foxconn-considering-joint-investment-7-billion-us-display-factory) |