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The New York Times (may be pay-walled) reports that Terry Gou, the CEO of Foxconn has confirmed rumours aired in December to the effect that the company is considering building an additional factory in the United States. Yahoo Finance UK says that the factory, if built, "could create about 30,000-50,000 jobs." The South China Morning Post reports that the facility, expected to cost more than $7 billion, would make dot-matrix displays (such as used in television sets and mobile phones) under the Sharp name. Mr. Gou remarked that:
While it is difficult to have a clear analysis of the economic outlook for this year, due to looming uncertainties, three factors can be seen as clues. First, the rise of protectionism is inevitable. Secondly, the trend of politics serving the economy is clearly defined, and thirdly, the proportion of real economy is getting increasingly bigger.
Speaking in November, Gou had called on the incoming U.S. leaders to refrain from protectionist policies, The China Post had reported.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday January 25 2017, @12:38AM
Yes, the plan, that's been in the works since 2014, has always been a maximally automated facility to take advantage of cheaper shipping.
It was in the news at the time, maybe even posted here. Foxconn Weighs Plan for U.S. Plant (Jan. 26, 2014) [wsj.com]
So I guess the news is that they continue to mull.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday January 25 2017, @01:41AM
They were weighing, now they're mulling.
I love how the article is almost exactly 3 years old, although I couldn't confirm the automation details due to the WSJ paywall.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 25 2017, @08:07AM
So its not just me.
I used to be able to go right through their paywall due to all my privacy extension in firefox.
But in the last month I've hit it a couple of times.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday January 25 2017, @09:25AM
My best bet for WSJ has been to search the text and try to find some other site reprinting the story. This is all I got:
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/01/27/foxconn-considers-high-tech-manufacturing-plant-in-usa.html [foxnews.com]
http://macdailynews.com/2014/01/26/apple-assembler-foxconn-considering-building-large-screen-display-manufacturing-plant-in-u-s-a/ [macdailynews.com]
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(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday January 25 2017, @03:42PM
"There are 10 lights-out (fully automated) production lines at some factories, including table one in Chengdu, AIO (all-in-one) PC and LCD monitor lines at a factory in Chongqing, western China, and a CNC line in Zhengzhou, Dai indicated."
https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/30/foxconn-fully-automated-factories-robots-automated-production/
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