Foxconn Chief’s White House Visit Fuels Speculation About US Plant, Says DSCC

Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou's visit to the White House last week is giving “new momentum” to speculation that the firm, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, will build a flat-panel display factory in the U.S., Display Supply Chain Consultants said in a Monday blog post. “While there has been no public statement from Foxconn on the status of their plans for a US plant, there is great interest in the project from people within the industry and at least one US state hoping to host the large investment,” DSCC said. JobsOhio, an economic development agency, signed on as a sponsor of the Display Week 2017 business conference that DSCC is producing May 22 in Los Angeles, said the consulting firm. It quoted a JobsOhio statement that “interest in display industry manufacturing in the United States continues to grow, and we believe there is no better destination for this industry to thrive than Ohio.” White House and Foxconn representatives didn’t comment Monday.