Foxconn schedules 5 hiring fairs in a month across Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE — Foxconn Technology Group says it will be holding five hiring fairs to recruit job candidates over the next month.The Taiwan-based electronics company is building a $10 billion manufacturing and research complex in Mount Pleasant and could employ as many as 13,000 people across Wisconsin.The first fair will be held in Mount Pleasant on Oct. 13, followed by events in Racine on Oct. 21, Green Bay on Oct. 24, Eau Claire on Oct. 27 and Milwaukee on Nov. 2.The company is seeking people to fill jobs in areas including human resources, software engineering, finance, accounting, graphics and interior design, construction management, and sales and marketing.
Foxconn Place Racine to be regional center for smart city research, development
RACINE -- Foxconn Technology Group announced on Tuesday, Oct. 2 the purchase of One Main Centre in downtown Racine for the development of Foxconn Place Racine and Wisconn Valley Innovation Center.
Foxconn signs deal to jointly develop Wisconsin ginseng
WAUSAU — Foxconn has signed an agreement to jointly develop Wisconsin's ginseng industry and grow its newly-established Wisconsin-based brand.The Taiwan-based company announced the deal Tuesday.
Seeking future employees: Foxconn kicks off 'Fall College Career Fair' with stop at UWM
MILWAUKEE -- Foxconn is ramping up its recruiting efforts before the Mount Pleasant campus even opens.
Group in Mount Pleasant upset with rain runoff flowing from Foxconn site into nearby river
MOUNT PLEASANT -- A Mount Pleasant resident says Foxconn and the Village of Mount Pleasant fell short in preventing torrents of rain runoff from flowing into nearby ditches and streams.
$100M fund for startups: Foxconn partners with Aurora, Johnson Controls, Northwestern Mutual
MADISON — Foxconn Technology Group will partner with three major Midwestern companies to create a $100 million fund to help launch technology startups around the world, the companies announced Tuesday.The Taiwanese electronics giant, Advocate Aurora Health, Johnson Controls and Northwestern Mutual will each contribute $25 million to create the Wisconn Valley Venture Fund.
Foxconn casting wide net in search for employees
MILWAUKEE — Foxconn Technology Group will cast a wide net to find the 13,000 workers it eventually expects to hire at its new North American manufacturing plant.To make the next generation of liquid crystal display technology, the Taiwanese company will draw talent from beyond the borders of Wisconsin, partner with universities and technical schools and even tap into transitioning members of the military.Construction of the $10 billion Foxconn complex is underway along the interstate between Milwaukee and Chicago, where thousands of employees will make LCD panels to be used in a wide range of devices and systems.Jim Paetsch, vice president of the regional economic group Milwaukee 7, says Foxconn will provide an opportunity to change Wisconsin's demographic and grow the state's population by recruiting new workers.
Illinois leaders call on Wisconsin officials to reconsider waiving environmental regulations for Foxconn
VERNON HILLS, Ill. — More local officials in northeastern Illinois are raising concerns about the enforcement of environmental regulations for the planned Foxconn manufacturing plant in neighboring Wisconsin.Several communities in Lake County along the Illinois-Wisconsin state line have joined county leaders in resolutions calling on Wisconsin officials to reconsider waiving environmental regulations for the Taiwanese company.The Lake County News-Sun reports Vernon Hills, Gurnee, Lincolnshire, Libertyville, Mundelein and the Lake County Municipal League already approved resolutions.
Democrats question Foxconn project scope
MADISON — Democratic legislators are renewing criticisms of Foxconn Technology Group's plans for a flat-screen plant in Mount Pleasant.Foxconn has said it wants to build a $10 billion facility to produce large flat-screens.
$42 million medical center planned near Foxconn complex
STURTEVANT — A Wisconsin health care organization says it'll build a $42 million medical center in Sturtevant as the region prepares for population growth generated by the planned Foxconn Technology Group manufacturing complex.Ascension Wisconsin plans to include primary and specialty care at the center, along with an imaging center, urgent care services, rehabilitation, occupational health and an ambulatory-surgery center.The organization also plans to hire 100 new employees.The site of the future center is about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from where Advocate Aurora Health plans to build a hospital, two clinics and a medical office building.Ascension says its medical center is the first of several planned projects in Racine County.Construction of the center is expected to begin at the end of the year with a planned opening in early 2020.
'We are pleased:' Mount Pleasant approves purchase agreements with 4 property owners for Foxconn
MOUNT PLEASANT -- Four property owners holding out on their land for Foxconn have agreed to sell.On Monday night, Aug. 6, the Mount Pleasant Village Board approved purchase agreements with the property owners.
Wisconsin Democratic governor hopefuls criticize Foxconn deal
MILWAUKEE — The eight Democrats running for governor of Wisconsin expressed support for giving more control to local governments and criticized the deal struck by the state to bring a huge Foxconn Technology Group plant to Wisconsin.At a forum on issues impacting Milwaukee county, the candidates took chances to criticize Republican Gov.
37 companies awarded contracts to build structure that'll serve as office space during Foxconn construction
MOUNT PLEASANT -- Foxconn Technology Group and its general contractor M+W | Gilbane announced Tuesday, July 24 a new set of more than three dozen companies who have been awarded contracts to help construct the "Multipurpose Building" at the Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park campus in Mount Pleasant.All 37 of the companies have Wisconsin operations, according to a news release from Foxconn officials.According to that release, the "Multipurpose Building" is a 120,000 square feet facility and the first building being constructed on the Foxconn campus.
Gov. Walker appears with President Trump for worker event at White House
WASHINGTON — Gov.