The Wisconsin factory will not only manufacture televisions

Foxconn announced this week its intention to create servers, networking products and central car controls at its Wisconsin plant, according to a report in Nikkei.

The factory, which is not yet operational, was originally focused on next-generation LCD screens for televisions and other similar products.

This announcement, made on the very first day of Foxconn investors, highlights the controversy over the $ 10 billion Wisconsin plant heavily subsidized by government programs in return for creating $ 13,000. jobs. Some Wisconsin residents believe that the state is paying too much for the Foxconn plant.

This announcement also shows how one of the world's leading manufacturers of electronic products, which badembles products for Apple, Sony and other high-tech companies, is considering the possibility of raising rates that would make them products imported from China much more expensive.

Last month, a Foxconn official had said in an interview with CNBC that the Wisconsin plant would manufacture a "variety of products for several vertical industries".

"This is not limited to a product, so we will make commercial TVs up to 65 inches," said Jay Lee, vice president of Foxconn Industrial Internet's board of directors, when from an interview last month.

"The multiple sizes of LCD screens we can produce are applicable in a wide variety of industries ranging from automotive to education through entertainment, health care , medicine, security in smart city applications, "he continued.

During Foxconn's Investor Day, the company also said it had enough production capacity outside of China to help Apple if the US-China trade war affected the iPhone, according to Nikkei.