Xin Technology news (article/Li Taihong), Taiwanese acoustic component factory Kangkong said that the situation in the first half of this year was really bad, but starting from September, thanks to the new machine effect of customers, operations will show explosive power, and there will be Let everyone see the different performance from the first half of the year.
Kangkong emphasized that in the next four months starting from September, it will mainly ship customized products, which will be very explosive in the initial stage of mass production. It is worth noting that the production capacity utilization rate status, Kang Kong pointed out that the company would reserve some capacity buffers in terms of production capacity, but now even the buffer capacity has been fully loaded, and by the first half of next year, the production capacity will be fully loaded, in other words , The order can be seen in the first half of next year.
Kangkong said that due to the bad situation in the first half of the year, the number of employees dropped to 3,000, but in the second half of the year, it is estimated that the number of employees will rise sharply to 6,000, and it has already made up to 5,000.
Kangkong pointed out that although the operation in the first half of this year was not good, the company also received the most development projects in history during this period, and these development projects will be gradually fermented in the second half of the year. Kangkong expects that the revenue in the second half of last year will be approximately NT$2 billion in the third quarter (the unit is the same below), and approximately NT$1.3 billion in the fourth quarter. It is said that the fourth quarter will be the highest point of annual revenue.
Kangkong’s operation in the first half of this year basically only handed over profit and loss. In addition to the poor condition of customers’ purchases, the exchange loss outside the industry is another problem, because Kangkong converted its loans to euro loans based on interest rate considerations. Unexpectedly However, there were large fluctuations in the euro against the U.S. dollar, resulting in a loss of about NT$60 million (the same unit below), but Kangkong pointed out that since July, the exchange rate has turned into a surplus.
In addition, for the new factory in Thailand, Kangkong said that it has submitted an investment application and will set up a factory after approval, mainly for automotive spare parts. It is expected to start production at the end of the first quarter of next year. Although it is slower than the end of this year as requested by customers, but The company hopes to develop steadily, and the Thai factory will start to contribute revenue from the second half of next year. (Proofreading/Jurnan)
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