蘋果公司業績下滑衝擊衆多在華供應商

Apple Inc's major Chinese suppliers saw their revenues hit hard in the first quarter, in the wake of the technology giant's latest quarterly earnings which showed a 13% drop in revenue.

美國科技巨頭蘋果公司最新季度營收下跌13%之後，其在華主要供應商的一季度營收也紛紛應聲大跌。

Revenues at Lens Technology Co Ltd, a glass cover supplier to Apple, slumped 35.8 percent to 2.7 billion yuan ($414 million) in the first three months. Its net profit also headed south, falling to 165 million yuan, down 59.3 percent year-on-year.

蘋果的玻璃蓋板供應商藍思科技一季度營收下跌了35.8%。至27億元。該公司淨利潤也舉步維艱，同比大跌59.3%至1億6500萬元。

Apple's battery supplier, the Shenzhen-based Desay Corporation, saw its revenue fall 16.6% and its net profit plunged 34.3%.

蘋果的電池供應商深圳德賽集團營收下滑16.6%，淨利潤驟減34.3%。

Electric motor provider Jinlong Machinery And Electronics Co Ltd, meanwhile, witnessed its net profit retreating 19.8 percent year-on-year to 85 million yuan, according to the company's first-quarter earnings report.

電動馬達供應商金龍機電股份有限公司的第一季度營收報告也顯示，其淨利潤同比下降百分之19.8至8500萬元。

As Apple's earnings drop, the US company cut the prices of its major suppliers, with the prices of some components squeezed by as much as 30%.

由於收入下滑，蘋果對主要供應商進行壓價，有些零部件壓價甚至達到了30%。

Apple's suppliers reacted by continuing a process of diversification, starting to provide components to domestic smartphone makers and tapping into the automobile market.

蘋果供應商通過保持多元化經營方式進行應對，開始爲國內智能手機制造商提供零部件，並進軍汽車市場。