iPhone Builder Foxconn Could Bring 50,000 Jobs to Racine, or Kenosha

RACINE, WI — According to one report, it could be Racine ... but it could also be Kenosha.

According to a Milwaukee Business Journal report today, Foxconn, a world-leading consumer electronics manufacturer that builds smartphones for Apple and Blackberry among others, is considering bringing thousands of jobs to Wisconsin, and is looking at locations in Kenosha and Racine counties as a potential landing spot.

The Business Journal says it could mean thousands of new Jobs.

50,000 Jobs

The Associated Press is reporting that Foxconn is in talks with Gov. Walker to build a plant in Wisconsin. Foxconn is stating that the plant itself could employ a startling figure - up to 50,000 people. President Donald Trump hinted that Gov. Scott Walker might get “a very happy surprise very soon, after Trump visited Milwaukee, then Waukesha on Tuesday.

According to a Wisconsin State Journal Report, the number of jobs added to the state economy under Walker’s job-creation agency since 2011 totals 45,607.

According to a WTMJ Report, Trump said, "Just backstage, we were negotiating with a major, major incredible manufacturer of phones and computers and televisions and I think they’re going to give the governor a very happy surprise very soon."

Walker flew to Japan in early June but has not publicly stated the reason for the trip. Foxconn has publicly stated they are considering spending $4 billion on a U.S. factory.

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