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MOUNT PLEASANT -- Foxconn Technology Group says after speaking with President Donald Trump the Taiwan company plans to proceed with plans to construct a plant in Wisconsin that will make screens that can be used for small electronic devices.
The news Friday comes after a week of confusion about Foxconn's plans in Wisconsin. The company had said last year that it was planning to build such a facility in Wisconsin, but comments by a Foxconn official this week that it was not building a factory in the state cast the future of the project in doubt.
Foxconn site in Mount Pleasant
Foxconn says after productive discussions with the White House, and a personal conversation between President Trump and Foxconn chairman Terry Gou, it plans to proceed with the smaller manufacturing facility.
Foxconn says it will be an advanced manufacturing facility and the hub of its project in Wisconsin.
Foxconn has an agreement to create 13,000 jobs at its Wisconsin Valley Science and Technology Park -- in exchange for $4 billion in state and local incentives. President Trump praised the deal as the revival of American manufacturing.
The latest Foxconn statement still does not say how many of its 13,000 employees would be involved in manufacturing. Still, local leaders in Racine County are applauding Foxconn's re-commitment to build an advanced manufacturing campus.
Complete statement from Foxconn Technology Group
Foxconn site in Mount Pleasant
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) released the following statement on President Trump’s phone call with Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou.
The following joint statement was issued by Village of Mount Pleasant President David DeGroot, City of Racine Mayor Cory Mason, Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave and Jenny Trick, Executive Director of the Racine County Economic Development Corporation (RCEDC):