Foxconn plans to start construction of the manufacturing portion of its Wisconsin facility this summer and start producing flat screen displays there by the end of next year, the company announced
Wisconsin offered $4 billion in state and local tax incentives to Foxconn in 2017 to build the plant in the state. That incentive package became a major issue in the 2018 governor's race between incumbent Scott Walker, a Republican who signed off on part of that incentive package, and Tony Evers, the Democratic candidate who criticized it. Evers defeated Walker, but he has not pulled out of the package since taking office.
Construction has been underway on other buildings at the site since June 2018. At one point earlier this year, one high ranking Foxconn executive suggested that it might drop manufacturing plans at the Wisconsin site altogether and use it mostly for research and development. But President Donald Trump, who had supported bringing the plant to Wisconsin, convinced Foxconn to restore manufacturing to its plans for the site.
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