CyberOptics Reports Second Quarter Operating Results.MINNEAPOLIS -- CyberOptics Corporation (Nasdaq: CYBE) today reported operating results for the second quarter of 2008 ended June 30: * Consolidated sales totaled $13,391,000, down modestly from $13,807,000 in this year's first quarter and $13,974,000 in the second quarter of 2007. Sales for the current quarter exceeded CyberOptics' previously-issued financial guidance for this period. * CyberOptics reported an operating loss operating loss The excess of operating expenses over revenue. As with operating income, operating losses exclude revenues and expenses from operations that are not considered a regular part of the business. Also called deficit. Compare operating income. of $733,000, compared to operating income Operating Income The profit realized from a business' own operations. Notes: This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit. of $159,000 in the first quarter and $1,274,000 in the second quarter of 2007. * CyberOptics' net loss came to $269,000 or $0.03 per diluted di·lute tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes 1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water. 2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture. share, which included approximately $550,000 of pre-tax costs related to the previously announced transition of inspection systems-related R&D and manufacturing to Singapore. Results for the second quarter also included a write-down of $166,000 related to an available for sale equity investment, CyberOptics' only such investment on which no further write-downs are anticipated. CyberOptics reported net income of $427,000 or $0.05 per diluted share in this year's first quarter and $1,198,000 or $0.13 per diluted share in last year's second quarter. * CyberOptics ended the second quarter of 2008 with cash and marketable securities Marketable Securities Very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price. Notes: Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities less than one year, and the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has of $45,713,000, compared to $47,740,000 at the end of the first quarter and $52,618,000 at the beginning of 2008. * During this year's second quarter, cash totaling $1,964,000 was used to repurchase re·pur·chase tr.v. re·pur·chased, re·pur·chas·ing, re·pur·chas·es To buy (something) again. n. The act of buying something that one previously sold or owned. Noun 1. approximately 210,000 CyberOptics shares under previously announced buyback authorizations. All authorizations have been canceled due to the implementation of a $15 million modified Dutch auction Dutch Auction An auction where the price on an item is lowered until it gets its first bid, and then the item is sold at that price. Notes: The U.S. Treasury (and other countries) uses a Dutch auction when it sells securities. tender offer for CyberOptics' common stock. The Dutch tender commenced June 30 and will expire on July 29, unless extended by CyberOptics. Kathleen P. Iverson, president and chief executive officer, commented: "Our operating results were driven by higher than forecasted sales of inspection systems, which increased 10% from this year's first quarter to $6,112,000. This solid growth helped offset continued pricing pressures on these products in Asia, the impact of the Singapore transition costs and the equity investment write-down. Sales of electronic assembly sensors were at forecasted levels in the second quarter, while sales of our WaferSense family of wireless sensors see mote. for semiconductor manufacturing almost doubled from the year-earlier level to $430,000." She continued: "We are very encouraged by the progress of our systems business, which is benefiting from a variety of factors, including the continued miniaturization min·i·a·tur·ize tr.v. min·i·a·tur·ized, min·i·a·tur·iz·ing, min·i·a·tur·iz·es To plan or make on a greatly reduced scale. min of electronic components, which is making automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. inspection a necessity for ensuring product quality. This growing need has helped free our systems business from being solely reliant upon expansions in SMT (1) (Surface Mount Technology) See surface mount. (2) (Station ManagemenT) An FDDI network management protocol that provides direct management. Only one node requires the software. SMT - Station Management production capacity, since a substantial portion of our systems business involves the retrofitting of existing production lines with our solder paste Solder paste (or solder cream) is a mix of small solder particles and flux. It is used extensively in the automated soldering processes wave soldering and reflow soldering. or AOI AOI Area Of Interest AOI Automated Optical Inspection AOI Art of Illusion (3D modeling software) AOI Associated Oregon Industries AOI Angle Of Incidence AOI Age of Innocence (David Hamilton book, also a band) inspection systems, or both. Reflecting this positive trend, we added 10 new systems customers during the second quarter, in addition to receiving a significant order for our Flex Ultra automated optical inspection Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) is an automated visual inspection of PCB(or LCD,transistor manufacture) where a camera autonomously scans the device under test for both catastrophic failure (eg. missing component) and quality defects (eg. (AOI) systems from an Asian original design manufacturer. We anticipate continued growth opportunities for our systems business going forward." Iverson added: "At this time, we are anticipating sharply lower sales of electronic assembly sensors in the third quarter across all of our OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers, reflecting what we believe to be the onset of a period of slowing growth in new SMT production capacity due to weakening weak·en tr. & intr.v. weak·ened, weak·en·ing, weak·ens To make or become weak or weaker. weak  en·er n. global economic conditions. This development is expected to be
offset partly by our forecast for the continued growth of our inspection
systems business. For the third quarter of 2008 ending September 30, we
are forecasting sales of $11.5 to $12.5 million and a net loss of $0.12
to $0.17 per diluted share, which will include pre-tax Singapore
transition costs of approximately $600,000. Our third quarter guidance
also incorporates continued gross margin pressures due to high system
sales System sales is a business term used in the franchising industry. Franchisors provide supplies, marketing and administration services to franchisees in return for a part of the franchisees' revenues. Some franchisors also operate some outlets directly. , which carry a lower gross margin, in addition to ongoing
investment in higher performing and cost-reduced next generation systems
and inspection technologies."
The transition of systems-related R&D to Singapore is scheduled for completion by late 2008 as planned. CyberOptics has maintained its Minneapolis-based systems R&D during the establishment of an R&D operation in Singapore, which has resulted in duplicated R&D costs. Total R&D spending is expected to decrease starting at the end of the fourth quarter as the transition process nears completion and the Minneapolis R&D function for systems is phased out. Sensor-related product development will remain at CyberOptics' Minneapolis headquarters. Manufacturing of a next-generation solder paste inspection system is scheduled to commence in Singapore later this year, while all systems manufacturing should be transitioned to Singapore during the first half of 2009. The realignment re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. of the systems business, which is forecasted to yield significant cost savings, will result in a more effective and focused R&D effort that should position CyberOptics for generating higher levels of profitable growth over the next few years. Steven K. Case, chairman and founder, said: "As we have stated previously, CyberOptics has been aggressively pursuing several promising inspection opportunities with OEM and end user customers. Three of these opportunities are nearing the contract phase, while another is in the proposal stage. The R&D efforts related to these projects are creating new technologies designed to lower the cost of inspection and provide faster production through-put speeds, better ease of use, and improved resolution for inspecting progressively smaller electronic components. At the same time, our next-generation solder paste inspection system, which incorporates a cost-reduced platform, should relieve some of the margin pressure on our inspection business, while providing for continued revenue growth. We believe the various product development initiatives currently underway will position CyberOptics for stronger operating results as the global electronics industry returns to a growth footing." About CyberOptics Founded in 1984, CyberOptics Corporation is a leading provider of sensors and inspection systems that provide process yield and through-put improvement solutions for the global electronic assembly and semiconductor capital equipment markets. Our products are deployed on production lines that manufacture surface mount technology circuit boards and semiconductor process equipment. By increasing productivity and product quality, our sensors and inspection systems enable electronics manufacturers to strengthen their competitive positions in highly price-sensitive markets. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota “Minneapolis” redirects here. For other uses, see Minneapolis (disambiguation). Minneapolis (pronounced IPA: /ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs/) is the largest city in the U.S. , we conduct worldwide operations through facilities in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Asia and Europe. Statements regarding the Company's anticipated performance are forward-looking and therefore involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: market conditions in the global SMT and semiconductor capital equipment industries; increasing price competition and price pressure on our product sales, particularly our SMT systems; the level of orders from our OEM customers; the availability of parts required for meeting customer orders; the effect of world events on our sales, the majority of which are from foreign customers; product introductions and pricing by our competitors; unanticipated costs or delays associated with the transition of engineering and manufacturing for SMT Systems to Singapore; a change in our anticipated timing of Assembleon's transition away from our alignment sensors, success of anticipated new OEM and end user opportunities and other factors set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Second Quarter Conference Call and Replay CyberOptics will review its second quarter operating results in a conference call at 4:30 pm Eastern today. Investors can access a live webcast of the conference call by visiting the investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. section of the CyberOptics website, www.cyberoptics.com. The webcast will be archived for 30 days. A replay of the conference call can be heard through July 30 by dialing 303-590-3000 and providing the 11117483 confirmation code. [TABLE OMITTED] |
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