Foxconn Technology Group, the Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer, has said it will proceed with plans to build a huge factory in Wisconsin following discussions with US President Donald Trump, reversing an earlier decision to halt the project.
The company, a supplier to Apple, said on Friday that it had decided to move forward with plans to create the plant, which will manufacture liquid-crystal display (LCD) panels, after “productive discussions” with the White House and a “personal conversation” between President Trump and its chairman Terry Gou.
The news comes two days after Louis Woo, a special assistant to Foxconn’s chief executive, told Reuters that the company was reconsidering its plans for the state, citing a costly and competitive US marketplace for manufacturing TV screens. Instead of creating a factory with blue-collar jobs, Mr Woo said that the group would mainly build research facilities.