TAIPEI -- Hon Hai, the parent company of Foxconn, reported consolidated August sales rose 2.6% year-over-year to NT$280.4 billion ($9.44 billion). Sales were down from 6.6% July, however, the company said.

Foxconn is the leading supplier to Apple and the world's largest electronics contract assembler and the sixth largest bare printed circuit board fabricator.

The company in July announced plans to spin off its connector business, which has annual sales of about $2.7 billion.

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