ANAHEIM, CA – M-Flex posted fiscal fourth-quarter net sales of $226.7 million, up 13.8% year-over-year.
Fourth-quarter net income was $6.1 million, down 47.2% compared to the same period last year.
For the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, net sales increased 3.5% compared to 2009, to a record $791.3 million. Fiscal 2010 net income totaled $29.8 million, down 35.4% year-over-year. This includes impairment and restructuring costs totaling approximately $11.4 million.
The firm expects first-quarter revenue of $225 million to $245 million, and full-year 2011 revenue of $870 million to $950 million.
“As a key supplier to leading smartphone and other consumer electronic device OEMs, we continued to see strong demand for our flex assemblies. Fourth quarter net sales increased more than 25% on a sequential quarter basis and helped generate the highest full-year net sales in the history of the company,” said M-Flex CEO Reza Meshgin.
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ZHANGJIAGANG, CHINA – Dow Electronic Materials plans to expand its material manufacturing facility here to meet demands from Asia’s PCB, electronics and industrial finishing, and photovoltaic markets.
Construction is expected to start before 2011, and the firm expects to start production late next year. The company did not disclose the size of the planned addition.
The plant will supply customers in Northern and Eastern China.
Dow Electronic Materials is a business unit of Dow Chemical Co.