Continued losses erode net worth of Foxconn despite Make in India push

Even as Xiaomi's revenue zoomed past Rs 23,000 crore in 2017-18, Foxconn's business remained minuscule

Arnab Dutta  |  New Delhi 

Foxconn, the name almost synonymous with local manufacturing of foreign smartphone brands, is in the red in India.

Foxconn Technology India, the key entity that oversees the Taiwanese major’s manufacturing operations from Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu), incurred a net loss of Rs 10.12 crore during 2017-18 and has never made money in the past five financial years, in contrast to the robust smartphone economy, the latest data from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. The New Taipei-headquartered company, which has been in the news for Make In India, a signature scheme of the current ...

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First Published: Wed, April 10 2019. 01:46 IST