JASPER, IN -- Kimball International reported fiscal 2007 first-quarter net sales rose $50.5 million, or 47%, to $158.5 million at its electronics contract assemblies group over last year. The increase is attributable to the $63.8 million in current year first quarter sales from the two acquisitions completed late in fiscal year 2006.

Sales to medical and industrial customers rose while sales to automotive customers fell.

The loss from continuing operations was $500,000, down from a net profit of $800,000 a year ago. Some costs were related to a recently completed manufacturing facility in China that has not begun realizing revenue.

The company's net sales for the September quarter were $314.8 million, up 17.7%. Income from continuing operations improved to $3.7 million, from a loss of $200,000.

The new plant in Nanjing, China, will provide printed circuit board assembly, system subassembly and final product assembly. It is slated to begin generating revenue later this fiscal year.

In April, Kimball bought Bayer Diagnostics Manufacturing Ltd.'s Bridgend, Wales, manufacturing operation for $31 million. In May, the company acquired Magna Donnelly's assembly operation in Longford, Ireland, in a $300,000 deal.

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