SCHAUMBURG, IL -- Sparton Corp. has slashed its number of EMS plants from five to two, but is still struggling to fill those factories.

In remarks to analysts yesterday, CFO Greg Slome said the Brooksville, FL, facility is about 50% utilized, while its Spartanics subsidiary in Vietnam is about 25%. The blended average is probably around 40%, Slome added.

However, president and chief executive Cary Wood sounded a more positive note, saying, "I think we’re going to see a certain uptick particularly in the third quarter of fiscal 2011, but we’ve certain internal thresholds that will lead us up to a certain point by which we revisit that business as a whole if performance isn’t achieved, but I think for now we’re optimistic. We remain very engaged in that business and we’ve a fairly optimistic outlook given what we’ve been seeing internally and what types of things we see coming up in the next several quarters."

Sparton's fiscal 2010 ends June 30.

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