IDA Ireland to target Apple-supplier Foxconn 

Tech giant is looking for sites to build electric vehicles in Europe               

In a picture taken on May 26, 2010, Chinese workers assemble electronic components at the Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn's factory in Shenzhen, in the southern Guangzhou province.

IDA Ireland is poised to target Foxconn as the tech giant, which is best known as a major supplier to Apple, looks beyond its Asian home for sites to build electric cars (EVs) in Europe. 

Foxconn is best known as the Taiwan-based assembler of most of Apple's iPhones but the world's largest electronics maker is now aiming to become a global manufacturer of EVs and all the spin-off technology that the venture will entail.