YAVNE, ISRAEL – Orbotech Ltd. reported third-quarter revenues of $144.4 million, down 5.9% sequentially and down 7.5% year-over-year.
GAAP net income for the quarter was $14.7 million, down 22.2% sequentially and down 8.7% year-over-year.
Revenues for the first nine months of 2011 totaled $432 million, up 7.7% year-over-year. GAAP net income for the period was $44.8 million, up 48.3% compared to the same period in 2010.
“We are today separately announcing the introduction of new solutions across several areas of our PCB and ECM offerings," said Rani Cohen, president and CEO.
During the third quarter, the company sold a record number of laser-based direct imaging systems and also recognized initial revenues from its new Emerald UV laser drilling system.
Orbotech continued to receive new orders for FPD equipment for use in the manufacture of mobile devices.
Sales of equipment to the PCB industry were $56.6 million in the third quarter, down 3.7% sequentially and up 33.5% year-over-year.
Sales of equipment to the FPD industry were $49.6 million, down 12.4% sequentially and down 38.4% compared to the third quarter of last year.
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Revenue came in came in slightly ahead of the top-end of the previously-announced guidance range of between $27.5 million and $29.5 million.
Net income on a GAAP basis totaled $2.6 million, up 30% year-over-year.
“As we move through the fourth quarter, it is clear that the pace of business is slower and visibility in the short-term is also very limited. Similar to our industry peers, the current global macro-economic concerns are weighing on customers' spending patterns. At the same time, the increasing sales and market traction of our new products, which are in the early penetration and growth phase, are showing continued strength. Taking these factors into account, for the fourth quarter we expect revenues in the range of $22 million to $24 million. This implies that we will report record full-year revenues in excess of $107 million, representing substantial
growth of approximately 25% over last year,” said CEO Roy Porat.
Camtek also announced the appointment of Moshe Eisenberg as chief financial officer.
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HUTCHINSON, MN – Hutchinson Technology reported a net loss of $7.2 million in fiscal fourth quarter 2011, compared to a net loss of $10.9 million in the previous quarter.
Fourth-quarter net sales were $74.4 million, up 3% sequentially.
Severe flooding in Thailand required the company to suspend assembly operations there in early October.
“Although we believe it will take multiple quarters, we fully intend to resume operations in Thailand,” said Wayne M. Fortun, the firm’s president and CEO.
Hutchinson is leveraging its US assembly operations to offset the temporary loss of capacity in Thailand.
The flooding is constraining the overall capacity of the hard disk drive supply chain. The resulting reduction in disk drive production is expected to result in a material decrease in demand for suspension assemblies in the company's fiscal 2012 first quarter, and the company estimates that its first quarter shipments will be 80 million to 100 million.
In the company's fiscal fourth quarter, its shipments of suspension assemblies increased 8% sequentially to 127.4 million.