Glass products maker Apogee Enterprises Inc (APOG. O) reported a quarterly profit above estimates and raised its full-year profit forecast as sales rose in its architectural business, sending its shares up 12 percent in extended trading. ...
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Apogee Enterprises Inc.announced fiscal 2013 second-quarter results and this included good news regarding its architectural glass segment.Overall,revenues of$175.9 million were up 6 percent.Net earnings per share were$0.18,compared to a ...
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Digital Lumens has been issued a US patent for wireless control of smart LED fixtures and it will install the system in two Mutual Logistics facilities. Digital Lumens recently secured an additional patent for its ...
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Digital Lumens has been issued a US patent for a fully integrated, wireless control system with smart LED fixtures. Digital Lumens recently secured an additional patent for its distributed LED control ...
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Hooker Furniture reported net sales of $50.2 million and net income of $1.5 million, or $0.14 per share, for its fiscal 2013 second quarter, which ended July 29, 2012. For the fiscal 2013 first half, net sales were $101.9 million and net ...
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Manufacturing growth in August remained as it had been in the previous two months—sluggish. The PMI,the index used by the Institute for Supply Management(ISM)to measure manufacturing activity,was 49.6 in August,which is 0.2 ...
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LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy and LED packaging company Unity Opto Technology have both piled up a backlog of orders for the third quarter of 2012, ensuring that the two firms will post strong revenue growth in the quarter, according to ...
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The U.S. plastics industry is continuing its long climb out of the depths of the great recession, with an expansion in 2011 expected to be followed by more growth in 2012, but looming threats and unanswered questions have created a market ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2012 (to end-June), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes components, subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has reported revenue of $41.1m. This is down 17% on $49.5m a ...
Wajax Corporation, Toronto, Ontario, announced a 12 percent increase in 2012 second quarter earnings. Second Quarter Highlights Consolidated second quarter revenue of $386.6 million increased $52.5 million, or 16 percent compared to last ...
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5N Plus'revenue falls 14%in Q2 5N Plus Inc of Montreal,Quebec,Canada,a producer of specialty metal and chemical products,has reported results for second-quarter 2012,with numbers for the comparable period to end-May 2011 restated to ...
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. reported results for the second quarter of calendar year 2012, which ended June 30, 2012. Effective April 16, 2012, the company changed its fiscal year-end to December 31. The second quarter of calendar 2012 ...
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Thanks to a solid order backlog and positive currency translation effects,revenue was up ten percent compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2011.On the other hand,new orders were down 23 percent due to a substantially lower volume from ...
During the first half of 2012, Georg Fischer faced uneven economic conditions. Whereas the Corporation increased its sales in Asia and even more in North America, the eurozone woes had a dampening effect on customer demand in that region. ...
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Intevac Photonics orders hit new high 01 Aug 2012 Record bookings largely due to$10 million deal to fit Apache helicopters with night-vision cameras. Intevac's"Night Port" Intevac Photonics,the optics-focused subsidiary of the ...
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