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After the ceremonial groundbreaking at Foxconn’s “Wisconn Valley” complex in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin (see my last blog post), President Trump visited a nearby Foxconn pilot TV production site where, with leaders from the Wisconsin political scene and from Foxconn, Trump celebrated the launch of the first LCD manufacturing site in the USA (and the first outside of Asia).
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In a glitzy and gala ceremony today in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, Foxconn broke ground on the first large-scale TFT LCD fab outside of Asia, and the first in the USA, in a ceremony highlighted by the appearance of President Trump.
I wrote this piece originally for our weekly newsletter, the Display Supply Chain Monitor, right after the 2016 election. Originally published on November 14th, 2016, it holds up pretty well and is likely interesting to DSCC blog readers.
The astonishing and unexpected election of Donald Trump for President of the United States brings the issue of free trade and protectionism to the front of the national agenda. Since the Flat Panel Display industry consists of a global supply chain that depends on free trade, a shift towards protectionism may have a profound impact on the industry in the coming years. The date for the Foxconn Groundbreaking Ceremony is again set for June 28th, and several changes in the schedule have occurred in order to accommodate the schedule of President Trump, according to this article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The Q2’18 issue of DSCC’s Quarterly OLED Shipment and Fab UtilizationReport shows that Samsung Display’s utilization has begun to improve significantly as the build has started for new smartphones from Apple, Samsung and other brands.
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