Operating income at the EMS segment was up 2% to $9.1 million during the period. Net sales to customers in the automotive, medical and industrial markets increased while sales to the public safety market declined compared to the prior year, bringing total EMS sales to $185.7 million.

The company took selling and administrative expenses in the quarter of $900,000 related to the spin-off of the EMS segment, offset in part by $700,000 in pretax income resulting from the settlement of an antitrust class action lawsuit against a vendor that allegedly conspired to fix component prices.

"Our EMS segment continued to perform very well during the third quarter," chief executive and president James C. Thyen, Officer said. "We are confident in the strategic focus within both of our segments and that the investments we are making are balanced and appropriate for future growth and profitability in all of the markets we serve. We continue to execute, as planned, the spin-off of the EMS segment into a separate public company."