Hon Hai
Precision Industry, a major assembler or Apple products, has posted record
quarterly profits helped by growing demand for iPhones and iPads.
The Taiwanese firm, also known as Foxconn Technology, posted a
net profit of NT$37bn ($1.2bn; £814m) in the October to December quarter.
It also reported a 16% jump in full year profit for 2102 to
NT$94.8bn.
Foxconn is the world's biggest contract electronics maker and
Apple is one of its biggest clients.
According to some estimates, orders from Apple account for
almost half of Foxconn's total revenue.
In the October to December quarter, Apple had sold 47.8 million
iPhones, up from 37 million a year earlier.
Meanwhile, the launch of iPad mini, also boosted sales of its
tablet PCs - it sold 22.9 million iPads, compared with 15.4 million in the same
period in 2011.
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