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Net income rose 844% to $1.9 million year-on-year, and 31% from the first quarter. Operating income jumped to $2.5 million from $26,000 a year ago and was up 34% sequentially.
Worldwide mobile PC production in 2005 amounted to 61.9 million units, and will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 17.9% to reach 141.4 million units in 2010, iSuppli predicts.
In 2005, 82.6% of this production, or 51.2 million units, was outsourced by PC OEMs to contract manufacturers. By 2010, the portion of outsourced PC production will rise to 92.5%, or 130.8 million units.
Free cash flow for the quarter reached a record $21.4 million.
The company cited equipment downtime in its Industrial Group and shipment delays in its Electronics Group for U.S. Government programs. The latter delays are expected to continue through the balance of the year but will ultimately generate even more business than originally thought, Sypris said.
Electronics Group revenue was $33.8 million in the quarter, down 5.8% from the prior year. Gross profit was off 6.3% to $5.9 million. Net orders were $30.7 million and backlogs were $91.2 million. "Despite delays inherent in the certification process for two new classified programs, the outlook remains strong for our Aerospace and Defense segment in 2007," said CEO Jeff Gill.Gill gave a cautious forecast for the rest of the year. "Looking forward, we believe that it is prudent to establish a more conservative outlook for the remainder of 2006. Until we demonstrate that our Industrial Group can operate for sustained periods at capacity, our forecast for operating margins will remain at current levels. The delay in the certification of the classified programs in our Electronics Group is expected to shift as much as $20 million of shipments from 2006 into 2007, the result of which is forecast to impact revenue and earnings during the second half of 2006."
The company reiterated its previous July guidance of second half revenue of $275 million to $285 million and earnings of $0.10 to $0.15 per diluted share.
" We had a record number of design wins for electronic components in infrastructure applications, secured our first production award from Honda and added several new EMS customers," said Donald Schwanz, chairman and chief executive.
CTS maintaied prior full-year guidance of 6 to
8% sales growth.
For the quarter capital expenditures were $3.4 million, or 2% of sales, and free cash flow was $11.4 million. The full-year capital expenditures are expected to be $18 million to $20 million. Free cash flow was $20,000 in the first quarter, and $10.8 million in the second quarter last year.
The new Czech Republic facility of CTS began operations during the quarter. Production will be increased gradually throughout the year to meet business growth and better serve automotive OEMs in that region.
EMS sales were $94.2 million, up $2.4 million year-on-year and $11.3 million sequentially. Operating income from EMS operations were $2.5 million.A special committee of the company's board and an independent outside legal counsel are reviewing stock option administration policies and practices dating to Jan. 1, 1997. As such, the company did not provide detailed earnings financial information for the quarter.
The company will close its facility in Maldon, England, to reduce manufacturing capacity and relocate the programs to a facility in Kelso, Scotland, by the end of 2006 or early in 2007. About 77 employees will be laid off.
The standard specifies requirements for a quality management system for regulatory purposes in the manufacture of medical devices.
The Fremont plant, which Solectron operates under the name FinePitch, is the seventh company site to gain the certification. The others are Charlotte,NC; Scotland; Quebec; Suzhou, China; and two in Singapore.
Sequentially net sales from continuing operations increased 15%, and GAAP operating margin improved 180 basis points, for the period ended June 30.
"There has been a reacceleration of significant growth in our core EMS business, which includes design, vertically-integrated manufacturing services, components and logistics," said chief executive Mike McNamara.
The office will provide service to YESTech's European representatives and customers. YESTech Europe handles most European countries, the Middle East and South Africa.
"YESTech prides itself on its exceptional level of customer support and in providing local help with applications," commented Don Miller, YESTech president. "Adding further backup within the European time zone is another example of this continued commitment to bring all of our support capability to a local focus, world wide."
DEK, the screen printer OEM, and Everett-Charles Technologies, the semiconductor and PCB test unit, and OK International were not among those companies put on the block.
In 2005, the five businesses had combined revenue of $580.2 million and earnings of $26.7 million. To-date this year the companies have joint earnings of $9.3 million on sales of $291.8 million.
Without identifying the potential buyer, the companies said the prospective owners "are established businesses with strong track records in technology markets."
The crime echoes an incident that took place recently in nearby Milpitas.
In the Friday incident, an Ampro Systems employee was in the company parking lot with nine boxes of computer memory cards he was about to unload. Two men accosted him, and stashed the boxes in a getaway car driven by a third man.
The car was identified as a light-blue or gray Chrysler Town and Country minivan with no license plates.
Two days earlier, at an unidentified high-tech business in Milpitas, two men were seen near the freight dock of the company.
The men were apparently scared off by employees, police said. That indicident took place about 2:35 p.m. The car was described as a light-blue or gray van, which had the skull and
crossbones on the back license plate area.
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