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TAMPA, FL -- Electronics manufacturing services provider
Reptron Electronics has had discussions with certain parties regarding a potential privately negotiated purchase of its senior secured notes.
The company has retained
Jefferies Broadview as financial advisor.
The discussions are onoing and no
agreements have been reached, the company said.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Raven Industries reported third-quarter net sales rose 6% to $57.4 million and net income was relatively flat at $7 million for the period ended Oct. 31.
The company's Electronic Systems division reported record quarterly revenues and strong incremental profitability.
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SAN JOSE -- Sanmina-SCI Corp.'s fourth-quarter sales fell 2% to $2.77 billion
versus last year, the company said last night. The company provided preliminary results but did not release full
results due to an ongoing restatement of past financial reports, It said it expects to post
between a penny-per-share loss and profit of 1 cent per share,
excluding one-time items.
For the year, sales fell 6% to $10.96 billion.
On a conference call with analysts, Sanmina guided for first-quarter sales of $2.7 billion to $2.85
billion and for fiscal 2007 sales of $11.8 billion to $12.3 billion. The company forecast operating margins of 7 to 7.5%.
In a research note,
Deutsche Bank analyst Carter Shoop called the fiscal 2007 guidance "bullish," adding, "We believe the low-end of guidance will prove difficult to achieve."
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ATLANTA –
ASYS Inc., the maker of automation equipment for electronics manufacturing, will represent Rehm Thermal System
Solutions in Brazil. The
representation includes sales and service, the company said in a press release.
ASYS maintains offices in Sao Paulo and Manaus, Brazil.
Germany-based Rehm provides reflow sytems, curring and drying ovens and customized thermal
systems. IT has more than 1,800 reflow systems installed worldwide.
ASYS makes SMD board handlers, laser and label marking systems, depaneling systems and other equipment. It is also the parent company for EKRA.
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TEMPE, AZ -- Finetech will offer
Technical Product Trade's wire bonders in North America, the company said today. No financial details were disclosed.
Wessling, Germany based TPT makes benchtop manual and semiautomatic wire bonders.
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PALO ALTO, CA -- H-P reported fourth-quarter net
income of $1.7 billion, up fourfold from last year, on a sales jump of 7% to $24.6 billion. Demand was strong for PCs, printers, the company said.
The news was tempered by revelations that the
Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a formal inquiry into the company's "pretexting" investigation, in which members of the H-P board reportedly authorized the gathering of information on other board members and company employees. It was later revealed that illegal means were used to gain the information.
Excluding one-time items, H-P said it would have earned $1.9 billion. Last year's
results included $1.57 billion in restructuring charges.