Friday, 22 November 2013

Taiwanese iPhone maker Foxconn to build plant in the US, citing manufacturing 'renaissance'

Taiwanese iPhone maker Foxconn to build plant in the US, citing manufacturing 'renaissance'
Nov 22nd 2013, 15:59, by Adrianne Jeffries

American companies usually go to Asia to do their manufacturing, but this time it's the other way around. Foxconn, the Taipei-based electronics manufacturer that builds Apple's iPhone, is planning to invest $40 million to build robots in Pennsylvania.
Foxconn will spend $30 million over the next two years building a high-tech manufacturing facility in Harrisburg, PA, as well as $10 million on research at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University, Bloomberg News reports. Foxconn already has a plant in Harrisburg that employs about 30 people, but the new facility will employ another 500.
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