“Foxconn International Holdings Ltd., the Hong Kong-listed unit of the Foxconn Technology Group, posted a full-year net loss that was wider than analysts estimated as costs increased and sales shrank,” Joshua Fellman reports for Bloomberg.
“The net loss was $218.3 million, or 3.06 cents a share, compared with net income of $38.6 million, or 0.55 cent, in 2009, Foxconn said in a Hong Kong stock exchange filing yesterday,” Fellman reports. “The mean estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was for a net loss of $202 million.”
Fellman reports, “Foxconn Group increased salaries last year after a spate of suicides prompted clients to investigate working conditions, and is expanding in China’s interior, where costs are lower. The Hong Kong-listed unit is selling its Taiyuan, China, unit to its parent to help reduce fixed costs… Sales at Foxconn International fell to $6.63 billion from $7.21 billion in 2009, according to the statement.”
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Chump change..
The end will justify the means.
However, this is clearly the kind of grist for the mill PC-centric journalists love to get their hands on. Dollars-to-donuts, we’ll see a story in the next few hours how Apple’s star is on the decline, because the very company who makes all of their wonderful gadgetry is now losing millions of dollars, which equates to Apple losing its position in the market.
Start the countdown in 3… 2… whuh
I thought some analyst had already said that Foxconn sales were down, which he ludicrously tied to Apple.
See?! They don’t even bother to wait for the word to become official before they start citing market indicators pointing to Apple’s demise.
Think of the column inches IDG journalists derives from IDCs numbers. It’s nice to have in-house bean counters who can generate reams of analysis based on informed guesswork, creating pie charts, whose color schemes are a perfect match for the storytellers arsenal, which consists of an 8-pack of Crayola crayons!
Does no one understand irony and sarcasm anymore?
Although Foxcon does produce a lot of Apple devices, most of their work is for PC co.’s like HPQ, Dell, Acer & Lenova. I don’t think Foxcon reported a loss because of low sales for Apple products.
“loss sales of apple products”? definitively not.
Foxcom can’t keep up with the apple products demand. Amos no company can.
You guys are talking facts. True or not, some idiot analyst is going to downgrade aapl based on the Foxconn news.
Certainly, and it’s also another opportunity to say “suicides”.
We’re so used to hearing that Apple is selling ’em as fast as they can make ’em that it’s easy to forget large segments of the market are slumping. Still, it’s staggering to think Foxconn can lose money as assemblers-for-hire. It’s not like they have R&D or inventory costs to worry about. And unlike conventional manufacturers, I assume Foxconn gets paid for every item the produce, and not every item that sells…
If Foxconn can’t turn a profit paying slave wages, they must not be trying very hard.
Please move the font size icon to the top of the article. This would be more practical than having to scroll down each time to resize, then back up to read. Thanks
Have no idea what you mean. Couldn’t find any font size
icon on this page. What article are you referring to?
Is this like playing “Where’s Waldo”?
Re: Font Size create the ability to Zoom to any size like on HTC DROID – ANDROID Phones.
…and 4 Foxcomm executives just committed suicide in shame. Actually, only 3 did, the 4th was taken by the Chinese govt. for “counseling”.
Sounds like they are running on razor thin margins that can’t afford a single hic-up.
Fact (see latest issue of Wired): Foxconn installed giant “suicide nets” around the perimeter of their massive building roof in China. On site suicides are down dramatically!
Maybe they should install them where the fatcats work.
Go to iTunes and check out Manufactured Landscapes to see what life is like in one of those sweatshops.
Picture of netting.
1 Million Workers. 90 Million iPhones. 17 Suicides. Who’s to Blame?
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/02/ff_joelinchina/all/1