HIALEAH, FL -- Simclar Inc.,
a electronics contract manufacturer,
reported September quarter revenue of $16.6 million, up 25.4% from last year. Net income fell to $242,000 versus
$486,000 a year ago.
Excluding the
May 1, 2005 acquisition of Simclar (North America), revenue for the quarter would have
been $14.9 million, up 11.9%, and net income would have been $353,000.
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Raven Industries
reported sales rose 11% to a
record $54.1 million over the year-ago period and net income rose 32%
to a record $6.9 million for its third quarter ended OCt. 31.
The company took a $820,000 after-tax writeoff of
an acquisition in the prior year; excluding that, the net income grew 14%.
For the
quarter, electronic systems sales were down 2% percent to $13.7
million. The division posted operating income of $1.9 million, up 18%
from a year ago. Customers requested early delivery of product in the
second quarter,
which reduced third quarter shipments.
For the first nine months of the
year, sales totaled $42.3 million, up 21% from the last year while operating income more than doubled, to $6.9
million.
NEW YORK -- End-market inventories of semiconductors remained low and stable in the September quarter, but
distributors' inventories increased 8%, or $127 million, and 3 days from June.
SG Cowen said that inventories at buyers of semiconductors
appear low and stable. Inventories at 49 major semiconductor customers
fell in both dollar terms
and days on a seqential basis, the firm said.