Some media are stating that Foxconn, which is owned by SharpYou might be thinking of opening your own factory in the United States to manufacture LCD panels for American companies and especially for one of its main customers, Apple.
This news that comes from half japanese nikkei It would "add a smile" to the new president of the United States, who expects the country's companies to manufacture their products there. What seems clear is that seeing what Trump wants, companies would be meditating all kinds of options to contain the push of the new president increasing production in all possible ways in the country.
Foxconn through Sharp would open this factory for television screens and who knows if they could add a production line or something similar for the components of the iPhone and other devices. What is clear is that the investment required by this new factory will be large and all this would add time that we do not know if they have the companies that the new president "is squeezing." In the case of Apple, bringing part of the production of the iPhone, iPad or any other device to the United States would cost a lot of money And we do not believe that it will give in to it having the precedent of the Mac Pro, which since 2013 are manufactured and assembled almost completely in the country, raising their costs greatly.
There is not much data or convincing rumors about this new factory that would be from Sharp and would be located in the United States, but the possibility that Apple will add this for the panels of its devices is not so remote if we consider that Sharp like LG fit in the rumors for the following iPhones. We will see where all this is.