Foxconn in Wisconsin: a new symbol of production difficulty in the United States

Foxconn va revoir en profondeur la nature de ses projets dans le Wisconsin . Le géant industriel chinois, qui assemble une bonne partie des produits d'Apple, avait l'intention de créer une ligne de production d'écrans LCD pour téléviseurs: un investissement de 10 milliards de dollars, avec à la clé la création de 13 000 postes.

F inal y l, Foxconn abandoned the idea of ​​making LCD screens in American soil: the company realized that this production has no economic meaning in the US, where the cost of labor is much higher than the United States. Asia (see also: screw-charge delay for Mac Pro 2013 and complexity code making in USA ). The margins of television companies are very low and you have to click on each link in the chain to make some money.   

Instead, the group continues to " evaluate its options  ," explained to Reuters Wes Woo, not arming Terry Guo, Foxconn boss. The idea now is to build a Technology Center in Wisconsin and thus research and development, with some assembly and production specialist for the health sector and professional applications.     

We are far from the loud announcement issued in July 2017 by Terry Joe, for the occasion invited to the White House by Donald Trump. Because the issue is as industrial as it is political. The nature of these jobs is very different: we move from specialized workers to assembly lines 1 to engineers, whose wages are higher. There is also a sensitive side: the tax cuts that Foxconn was supposed to take advantage of.   

For stability in this US state , the group is supposed to receive a tax penalty of up to $ 4 billion. However, this agreement is subject to recruitment and investment objectives. However, the company is still far from the mark. Foxconn promised to create 5200 jobs by 2020, but in fact we would probably be closer to 1,000.

The first goal already missed: Foxconn has rented only 178 of the equivalent at the same time in 2018, instead of 260 they promised. Terry Guo, Wisconsin's new governor, who has criticized his predecessor's initiative to get the Foxconn tax grant, is due to meet.