Manufacturing continued its run of steady progress in October, according to the most recent edition of the Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure ...
Crane Co. reported third quarter 2013 earnings of $0.97 per diluted share, compared to $0.99 in the third quarter of 2012. Third quarter 2013 results included transaction-related costs of $4.1 million, or $0.07 per share, related to the ...
For third-quarter 2013, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has reported revenue of $7.3m, down 28% on $10.1m a year ago ...
Tags: GigOptix, Electrical, Electronics
Pentair Ltd. announced third quarter 2013 sales of $1.8 billion. Sales were down 2 percent compared to adjusted pro forma sales for the same period last year. Adjusted third quarter 2013 earnings per diluted share ("EPS") were $0.86, up ...
Tags: Pentair, Processing Machinery
Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has reported revenue of €10.2m for the first nine months of 2013 (37% from Asia, 34% from Europe, ...
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For third-quarter 2013, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has reported revenue of €46.2m, down 26% on €62.2m a year ago but up slightly on €45.3m last quarter. In spite of the lower percentage of ...
Tags: Aixtron MOCVD, Electrical, Electronics
Commercial Metals Company announced Wednesday financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended August 31, 2013. Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended August 31, 2013 were $4.1 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, on net sales of ...
Tags: Net Earnings, Mineral
Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, today announced revenue of US$ 391.0 million for its first quarter of fiscal 2014, ended September 29, 2013. This represents a 24% increase compared to revenue of US$ 315.8 million reported for ...
For its fiscal first-quarter 2014 (ended 29 September 2013), LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $391m, up 4% on $375m last quarter and 24% on $315.8m a year ago. Fiscal Q1/2013 ...
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Honeywell announced its results for the third quarter of 2013: Performance Materials and Technologies -Sales were up 10% reported, but down (1%) organic, compared with the third quarter of 2012, driven by the favorable impact of the ...
Tags: Honeywell, Performance Materials
Finnish mining and metal manufacturing equipment provider Outotec said today, October 18, that it has lowered its financial guidance regarding sales and operating profit margin for 2013 due to the ongoing? macroeconomic uncertainty, which ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, mining, metal
The Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) is pleased to announce the release of the newly revised SMRP Standardized Metrics. The revisions feature the highly anticipated "best in class target values," which provide ...
September's final Class 8 numbers were "modest," while Classes 5-7 orders were up 18% year-over-year, according to the latest data from ACT Research. September is typically the second weakest order month of the year for Class 8, so the ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto
Chinese shipbuilders have been sailing toward bankruptcy in recent years, with China trying to consolidate the industry and bail it out from the woe of overcapacity. With delays in deliveries, order cancellations and price decreases for ...
Widespread improvement in a number of indexes suggests optimism for the manufacturing sector in the next three to six months, according to the quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) Business Outlook. The ...