HamaTech AG
HamaTech Reports Results of the First Quarter 2007
HamaTech AG / Quarter Results Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HamaTech Reports Results of the First Quarter 2007 Sternenfels, May 8, 2006 – The HamaTech AG, producer of equipment for recordable optical discs and advanced process equipment for the semi-conductor industry, reports sales of € 7.6 million for the continuing operations for the first three months of the current business year (previous year: € 13.7 million). Thereof, in the past quarter € 6.3 million are attributable to the business division Optical Disc (previous year: € 10.3 million), € 1.3 million of sales stem from the segment Advanced Process Equipment (Q1/06: € 3.4 million). Overall, the order intake in the first quarter 2007 amounts to € 12.8 million (previous year: € 9.2 million) for the continuing operations. The segment Advanced Process Equipment (APE) recorded orders in the first quarter 2007 totaling € 7.6 million (previous year: € 3.9 million). All of the orders for machines originate from the Asian market and concern cleaning equipment for photo masks. Since the business division APE was already able to increase sales significantly in the previous year and therefore improved the earnings considerably, this order intake for the current year lays the foundation for a once again positive business trend. As of March 31, 2007 the order backlog amounted to € 29.2 million (as of March 31, 2006: € 33.2 million), thereof € 10.8 million in the Optical Disc division and € 18.4 million in the APE segment. The business division Optical Disc posted earnings before taxes of € 0.1 million in the past first quarter; in the same period one year ago the loss had amounted to € 4.1 million for the continuing operations. This significant improvement in earnings underlines the impact of the initiated restructuring measures. The business division Advanced Process Equipment concluded the first quarter 2007 with a loss of € 1.1 million due to the low level of sales, while the loss in previous year’s first quarter had amounted to € 1.8 million. The earnings before taxes (EBT) of the continuing segments amounts to € -1.0 million, in the same period one year ago a loss before taxes totaling € 5.9 million had been incurred. HamaTech AG Ferdinand-von-Steinbeis-Ring 10 75447 Sternenfels / Germany Internet: http://www.hamatech.com ISIN: DE0007309007, WKN: 730900 Bernhard Krause MetaCom Corporate Communications GmbH Phone: +49 (0)6181-9828020 Fax: +49 (0)6181-9828010 eMail: Bernhard.Krause@go-metacom.de DGAP 08.05.2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: HamaTech AG Ferdinand-von-Steinbeis-Ring 10 75447 Sternenfels Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)7045/41-0 Fax: +49 (0)7045/41-119 E-mail: info@hamatech.de www: www.hamatech.de ISIN: DE0007309007 WKN: 730900 Indices: CDAX Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard), Stuttgart; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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