Fiscal year-to-date net profits are $579,000 on sales of $31.3 million. Both figures are up strongly over last year's revenue of $14.6 million and net loss of $137,000.

The company added 20 employees during the quarter, which ended June 29.  

In a statement, chairman and CEO W. Barry Gilbert said order backlogs are "reasonably higher" than the $21.7 million figure reported at the end of fiscal 2006. Growth came from existing acounts; IEC did not add any new customers during the quarter.