MINNEAPOLIS -- CyberOptics Corp. reported sales of $14.6 million, up 73%
a year ago and down 1.1% sequentially, for its second quarter ended June 30.
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.
EL SEGUNDO, CA — Illustrating the increasing domination of Asian producers in the global mobile-PC market, a whopping 82.6% of notebook computers in 2005 were manufactured by contract manufacturers mainly in the Greater Shanghai area, according to research firm iSuppli Corp.
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.