JASPER, IN – Kimball International, Inc. announced sales for the third quarter of fiscal year 2007 were $311.6 million, an increase of 20% over sales of $260.7 million year-over-year. Sales included $79.2 million from acquisitions in the company's electronic contract assemblies segment. Sales in this segment increased 49% as a result of the acquisitions. On February 15, Kimball completed the acquisition of Reptron Electronics, Inc., a U.S.-based EMS company. The purchase price was $50.9 million.
Income for the third quarter was $3.8 million, which included a loss from discontinued operations of $600,000. For the same period last year, income was $7.3 million, including a loss from discontinued operations of $400,000.
Sales for the third quarter in the electronic contract assemblies segment were $165.3 million, an increase of 49% over sales of $111.1 million last year.
PRINCETON, NJ – Tyco International Ltd. reported lower quarterly profit, but results beat expectations led partially by improving sales in its electronics segment. Net earnings fell 6.7% to $835 million in the company’s fiscal second quarter, from $895 million year-over-year. Revenue rose 7% to $10.8 billion.
The company expects third-quarter sales will be up 5.5 to 6.5%.
Tyco, which plans to separate its health-care and electronics divisions by the end of June, said each of segments reported higher quarterly sales, but all had lower operating income and profit margins.
MELVILLE, NY — Nu Horizons Electronics Corp., distributor of electronic components, reported that for the fiscal year ended Feb. 28, net sales increased to $737.5 million from $561.3 million year-over-year, an increase of 31%.
Net income for the year increased 103% to $9.9 million, compared with $4.9 million in the same period last year.
Net sales for the fourth quarter increased to $170.1 million from $164.1 million in the same period last year, an increase of 4%. Net income for the quarter was $900,000, compared with $2.1 million year-over-year.
EL SEGUNDO, CA – iSuppli Corp. will host a free Webinar, IP/Networked Video Surveillance: Equipment and Semiconductors, on May 15 at 8:30 a.m. PST. Mark Kirstein, vice president, multimedia content & services, will discuss the current market for video surveillance systems; market sizes and trends for surveillance equipment; trends for surveillance semiconductors, and new technologies enabling fresh areas of growth.
The Webinar will also answer such questions as who the leaders in video surveillance are; why networked DVRs have replaced regular digital recorders in modern surveillance systems; what the fastest growing segment of the video surveillance market is, and where opportunities and challenges reside for equipment and technology providers in this market.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – In March Tellumat acquired Pertec Ltd.’s EMS subsidiary Rhomco. No financial terms were announced.
Rhomco’s operations will transfer from Diep River to Cape Town, where Tellumat is located. The addition will add about 40% to Tellumat’s capacity, said CEO Rasheed Hargey.
Tellumat’s EMS group builds for the telecom and medical markets.
HO CHI MINH CITY – Jabil CircuitInc. has reported an initial investment of $30 million in a facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, which is scheduled to be operational next month.
Located in Saigon Hi-Tech Park, the 55,000 sq. ft. facility (expandable to 120,000 sq. ft.) is the first plant in the country for Jabil.