Foxconn is bringing manufacturing to the US

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It’s common for US companies to outsource their labor to companies in Asia. It’s not so common for those companies to then open up manufacturing plants in the United States.

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iPhone manufacturing powerhouse Foxconn is planning to drop a cool $40 million in the United States to build a manufacturing facility for telecom and internet products, according to company chairman Terry Gou. Bloomberg reports the facility will be located in Harrisburg, Penn., where Foxconn already runs a small manufacturing operation. The new factory will employ roughly 500 people.

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