Taiwanese company known to readers LsA primarily as the main and for Apple a major producer of company products with a bitten apple in the logo, wants to invest billions of crowns in its plants in the Czech Republic, where, among other things, iMacs were also assembled. Foxconn has two factories in the Czech Republic, in Pardubice and Kutná hora. Currently, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has a mandate from the government to sign a memorandum of cooperation between the government of the Czech Republic and Foxconn.
Foxconn wants to build a research and design center in the Czech Republic, which should be the only one of its kind in Europe. The company also wants to use distribution channels in China and create an export of Czech products for Asian markets. A giant data center is also to be built, all with the Foxconn company logo. Given that Foxconn will bring thousands of jobs, it will likely not be free, and it will be asking the government for tax holidays and other concessions on investment projects.
Foxconn makes products not only for Apple, but also for Sony and other companies. The transfer of production from China to Europe is related to the skilled workforce that is lacking in China, so Foxconn and other companies have to reach for employees even at the cost of higher wage costs.ancfrom Europe.
