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The Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park is a technology manufacturing complex located in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin.It was developed when Foxconn committed to investing $10 billion in a display panel manufacturing plant in Mount Pleasant per an agreement with the state of Wisconsin.
In January 2019, Foxconn said it was reconsidering its initial plans to manufacture LCD screens at the Wisconsin plant, citing high labour costs in the United States. [ 105 ] Under a new agreement announced in April 2021, Foxconn will reduce its planned investment to $672 million with 1,454 new jobs.
Following the announcement of the Foxconn in Wisconsin project, Sinykin was involved in litigation over the project's plan to divert a large volume of Lake Michigan water to the facility in an apparent violation of the Great Lakes Compact. Foxconn eventually committed to cut back their planned water usage. [4]
Alyssa Marie Bohm, chosen as the 2019 Miss Wisconsin; Henry Herzog, Wisconsin State Representative, businessman, and farmer, owned a farm in the Town of Mount Pleasant [25] August Piper, Wisconsin State Representative and farmer was born in the Town of Mount Pleasant; Piper served as chairman of the Mount Pleasant Town Board [26]
In April 2021, WEDC and Foxconn approved a revised agreement under which Foxconn will be eligible to receive up to $80 million in performance-based tax credits if the company invests to $672 million and creates 1,454 jobs in Wisconsin by 2026. The new contract does not specify what Foxconn will build at the site.
Terry Gou (Chinese: 郭台銘; pinyin: Guō Táimíng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koeh Tâi-bêng; born 18 October 1950) is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman and politician. Gou is the founder and former chairman and chief executive officer of Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics. [1]
Pages in category "Foxconn subsidiaries" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Belkin; F. FIH Mobile;
In 1934, Philip La Follette and Robert M. La Follette, Jr. established the Wisconsin Progressive Party which was an alliance between the longstanding "Progressive" faction of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, led by the La Follette family and their political allies, and certain radical farm and labor groups active in Wisconsin at the time. [18]