It turns out that Foxconn, which manufactures the iPhone, has left buildings in the United States for more than a year, and sloppy management is pointed out
Foxconn, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer that undertakes the production of Nintendo's Nintendo Switch, Sony's PlayStation, and Apple's iPhone, has left buildings in the United States for more than a year. The news site The Verge, which reported on the case, mentions the company's poor business situation.
Foxconn's buildings in Wisconsin are still empty, one year later-The Verge
One verge ago, The Verge reported on April 10, 2019, `` The Foxconn Innovation Centers in Wisconsin have been left without scheduled renovations. Is the news . For this news, Alan Yan, director of Foxconn America Division on April 12, two days after rebuttal announced. 'The Verge is not correct.' 'It seems that you climbed a tree and looked inside through a window, but it is not true that the building is empty. Even now, things are still being carried inside. And it will never be empty in the future. '
One year after Jen's statement, on April 12, 2020, The Verge reported that Foxconn's Innovation Center in Eau Claire, Wisconsin was still abandoned. The photo below shows the interior of the Innovation Center taken on April 10, 2020. A small amount of building material is placed near the wall, but it is almost empty.
According to The Verge, Foxconn had announced that it would have two buildings in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, one for offices and one for research facilities. However, one of the two buildings has been abandoned without a building permit, as shown in the photo above, and the other has not even been purchased. 'No contact was made,' said Matt Jewel, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, who had been offered a job offer at Foxconn. In addition, Foxconn did not exhibit at the employment briefing held at the school in February 2020.
It is not just the abandoned buildings in Eau Claire. Foxconn's Innovation Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has no longer heard of it since it was denied an application for renovation at the end of 2019. 'Recently, Foxconn's team hasn't heard anything,' commented Wendy Townsend, Green Bay Regional Economic Development Board. The renovation of the building in Racine was scheduled to be completed in January 2019, but a renovation permit was obtained at the end of 2019. It is unclear whether the renovation has actually taken place since then.
As mentioned above, Foxconn has left several buildings in Wisconsin. In response to The Verge's interview, one of Foxconn's former employees said, `` While I was at Foxconn, the only thing that was generating revenue was the leasing business of the property I owned '' Foxconn said I don't know how the innovation center was going to be used, but the innovation center was going to be the cornerstone of our business in Wisconsin. '
The Verge also mentions Foxconn's sloppy business plan. Foxconn will receive a subsidy of $ 4.5 billion (about 490 billion yen) in 2017 as `` constructing a 1.8 million square meter LCD display plant in Wisconsin and creating 13,000 jobs '' was. However, Foxconn changed this business plan. The planned number of employees will be gradually reduced from 13,000 to 5200, and then 1,000, and the 1.8 million square meter LCD display factory will be changed to about 90,000 square meters, which is about 20 times smaller Was.
Foxconn, which manufactures the iPhone, is considering changing the plan to `` make an LCD factory in the United States ''-gigazine
According to The Verge, the evolution of this business plan is still ongoing. In early April 2020, Foxconn resubmitted the business plan to Wisconsin, claiming that 'it will employ 550 people and is eligible for subsidies.' In the second week of April, he announced a plan to 'partner with a medical device maker, Medtronic, and build a ventilator plant within four to six weeks.'
Foxconn claims to have hired 189 full-time workers, but only 113 of them have been confirmed by subsequent audits to meet contractual standards. The plant is expected to be operational in May 2020, but The Verge reports that 'what is produced is still uncertain.'
The Verge has invited Foxconn for comment, but Foxconn has not issued a statement.
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