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Apple and Foxconn weighing $7 billion display plant in U.S., report says
bestkeptsecret said:somethingsometh said:bobroo said:$7B in Robots.
Nothing to get excited over.
I'm not able to reconcile the 2 bits of information. Automated manufacturing means less human intervention. How exactly are the 30-50k jobs being created? You don't need that many people to manage the automation plant. Are these permanent jobs or temporary work contracts for installing and setting up the automation plant?I can't imagine a scale of manufacturing that uses automation and needs 50k jobs. I'm definitely missing something here.
Even if they keep updating the technology on a yearly basis, that still doesn't mean that many employed people to make it happen, with how things are assembled and tested: I've been there, done that, on a clean room automated environment (I worked 4 years in a CD production plant). Because they'd be making displays, chances are this will be a clean room facility, though it may not need as stringent cleanliness as even a compact disc requires.