Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密), the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, yesterday reported that revenues reached NT$352.46 billion (US$11.46 billion) last month, up 4.18 percent from the previous month and a record high for April.
The figure also represented an increase of 19.71 percent from last year’s NT$294.44 billion.
Hon Hai said the robust sales last month, which outpaced its peer, was mainly driven by its consumer electronics segment, while its computing and communication segments posted relatively flat revenues.
The company, which makes iPhones and iPads for Apple Inc, declined to offer its business outlook for this month and next month.
END OF CYCLE
Another iPhone assembler, Pegatron Corp (和碩), on the other hand, reported a 9.85 percent monthly decline in sales to NT$78.08 billion last month.
On an annual basis, the figure was up 9.01 percent from last year’s NT$71.62 billion.
Pegatron said it shipped 700,000 to 800,000 notebooks last month, up 10 percent from a month ago, while smartphone assembly sales slowed as its products face an end cycle.
At an investors’ conference on Thursday, Pegatron said it expects sales this quarter to drop 25 percent at most from last quarter’s NT$274.26 billion due to product transitions.
PC MAKERS
Contract PC makers Inventec Corp (英業達), Compal Electronics Inc (仁寶) and Wistron Corp (緯創) also reported monthly declines in revenue for last month.
Inventec’s sales reached NT$31.03 billion for last month, down 8.19 percent from the previous month and 12.86 percent from a year ago, according to the company’s filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
Compal’s revenues dropped 17.77 percent sequentially to NT$61.63 billion last month, while Wistron’s sales plunged 16.68 percent to NT$46.99 billion during the same period.
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