Development: Foxconn slowed foundry, started transformation-Foxconn, iPhone,iPad-IT information Development: Foxconn slowed foundry, started their transformation

On June 28, according to the Wall Street Journal Web site reported that the Taiwan manufacturer Hon Hai precision to assemble most of Apple iPhone and iPad is known, today it is quietly building its brand.

More recently, the annual revenue of 130 billion-dollar companies started venturing into its own brand of mobile phone accessories, mobile phone sales and distribution areas. It also plans in Taiwan to provide telecommunications services.

In some ways, for Foxconn to create their own products and services is necessary. The company's sales last year grew by only 1%; by contrast, introduced in 2010 's first Apple iPad revenue growth for the year reached 53%, most of these orders is done by Foxconn.

Since 2009, Foxconn's labor costs increased by more than 1 time, which leads to big clients, including Apple, Sony and Microsoft put some order to its rivals, because you can get better prices.

The Zhengzhou from Shenzhen in the South to the North, Foxconn employs more than 1 million workers in China. External audits and worker protests prompted the company to raise the wage, which makes the overall costs.

Net profit growth rate fell to 13% last year from 37% in 2009. According to people familiar with the situation said, and earlier this year, Apple started putting some OEM orders for iPhone and iPad to COMPAL and Wistron funded through two Foxconn's opponent.

Now Foxconn still has half of its revenue from Apple, but the 63-year old company founder Terry Gou said, now this labour-intensive mode of contract manufacturing margins are low, were not enough to drive revenue growth.

"Business transformation is a Foxconn is crucial to sustainable growth over the next 10 years. "Gou told shareholders at the company's annual meeting that this week.

Terry Gou founded in 1974 by Foxconn, the first production of black and white plastic knob. The company began to expand into the early 80 personal computer Assembly, starting from 90 's Foxconn provides computer components for Apple.

Over the past 20 years in the Apple and Foxconn's collaboration products including the iPod, iPhone and iPad. This made Foxconn a well-known company, also makes it the world's biggest contract manufacturer of electronics.

At the shareholders ' meeting, he says he wants to "test a new business model, hardware and software, integrated with Wi-Fi. This business will be in Taiwan first, and then expanding to the world. ”

Foxconn's product is not immediately available can help increase revenues much, Foxconn gave no further details for this business.

Foxconn has recently taken a series of new initiatives, such as publication name for Coverbank's own cell phone accessories and Bluetooth headset named Candyard. Some analysts expect more devices such as Foxconn's next Smartphone will be released.

Foxconn has previously said it will not use its own products to enter the Smartphone market. Instead, the company will enter the Smartphone area of distribution. According to one insider said Foxconn planned to adopt in India and Indonesia's local distribution partners to help sales of the BlackBerry phone.

Foxconn and BlackBerry already in the end of 2013, signed a five-year cooperation agreement, which would be responsible for assembling the BlackBerry and inventory management.

"This partnership allows us to an unprecedented depth to be part of a global brand sales and delivery process, which allows us to obtain valuable marketing data, set up its own retail distribution system. "A manager at Foxconn said. BlackBerry spokesman declined to comment.

A person briefed on Terry GOU, Foxconn executives said, the company hopes to use patents as a way to increase revenue in the future. Insiders, including wearable device, Foxconn has invested in bio-sensor technology. Last October, he says, companies have made 300 for face recognition technology patents.

Foxconn last year sold the helmet-mounted display technology patents Google, of the deal for an undisclosed sum. Patent consulting company based in New York, Envision IP data show 2013 Foxconn has become the nation's top 20 patent holding companies.

"Foxconn charge licensing fees can be integrated in the production of their products, for other competitors, this is a very luxury thing. "Envision maolin·Sha, Managing Director of IP (Maulin Shah). Foxconn declined to comment.

In addition, the company also launched an online platform called Kick2real, the platform allows entrepreneurs turn their ideas into prototypes for free. If the product comes true, Foxconn, you can assemble it and profit from it.

Mr GOU has admitted that some of the company's plan could ultimately fail, he is observing such projects have been developed based on trends. "Learn from your failures than simply buying much cheaper some successful companies, we can make adjustments to the new business. "He said.

Foxconn recently has moved into Taiwan's telecommunications market, buy into Asia-Pacific telecom, is expected to begin next year to provide 4G services.