Tim Culpan, Columnist

Wisconsin Is Finally Facing the Reality of Foxconn’s Plans

The economics of building display panels in the state would never work. Any agreement was mostly a political exercise.

January 30, 2019 at 8:10 AM UTC

Tim Culpan is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology in Asia. Previously, he was a technology reporter for Bloomberg News.

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So Foxconn Technology Group may not make display panels in Wisconsin after all.

Those who’ve been following Foxconn for a long time won’t be surprised. Chairman and founder Terry Gou is as much a salesman as he is a manufacturer, having spent decades honing his pitch not just to clients but also governments.