Scott Bauer

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

Audit: Foxconn May Not Qualify for Any Incentives

The company has yet to qualify for any tax credits related to job creation under the nearly $3 billion deal struck with Wisconsin in 2017.

How Foxconn Deal Could Change

Five areas to watch as talks continue.

WI: Foxconn Proposed Renegotiating

According to Wisconsin's governor, it was Foxconn who first suggested renegotiating the deal "to better align the terms with the evolving project."

Foxconn Affirms Job Committment

The Taiwanese company is facing skepticism from Wisconsin's new governor as to whether it can fulfill its job promises.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he thinks it's 'unrealistic' for Foxconn Technology Group to employ 13,000 people in the state and he wants to renegotiate the contract during a news conference Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in Madison, Wisconsin. Evers told reporters that the state was working with Taiwan-based Foxconn to look at revising the original contract for the proposed facility to build liquid crystal display panels because it 'deals with a situation that no longer exists.'

WI Wants to Renegotiate Foxconn

He says it's "unrealistic" to think the company will employ 13,000 people as originally promised.

Foxconn Technology Group announced Friday, April 12, 2019, that it will soon buy a six-story office building, center, at 1 W. Main St. on the Capitol square in Madison, Wis. It will serve as one of the company's statewide 'innovation centers' and link the Taiwanese electronics firm to UW-Madison.

Foxconn Buys Building Across Street

The purchase is the latest in a string of buildings Foxconn has acquired.

Foxconn WI Factory Will Done in 2020

The news came after the worldwide electronics manufacturing leader sent mixed signals earlier this year about whether it planned to suspend work in Wisconsin.

In this June 28, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, center, along with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, left, and Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou participate in a groundbreaking event for the new Foxconn facility in Mt. Pleasant, Wis. Foxconn Technology Group said Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019 it is shifting the focus of its planned $10 billion Wisconsin campus away from blue-collar manufacturing to a research hub, while insisting it remains committed to creating 13,000 jobs as promised.

Foxconn Factory Jobs Will Not Come

The bounty of blue-collar factory jobs will instead be positions for scientists and engineers.

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Foxconn Won't Manufacture in WI

Plans to build liquid crystal display panel screens are being scaled back and possibly shelved.

Audit Faults Foxconn Credits

The first credits, worth up to $9.5 million, are part of a nearly $3 billion deal struck with the state, and could be awarded next year.

Kimberly-Clark Doesn't Have the Votes

The bill could save 390 jobs at a plant.