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Optical Cable Corporation results for the second quarter of 2015 show consolidated net sales of $18.7 million, compared to net sales of $20.2 million for the second quarter of 2014, a decrease of 7.5 percent. Net sales increased 7.6 percent in the second quarter, compared to net sales of $17.4 million for the first quarter of 2015. Gross profit was $5.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, compared to $6.7million in the second quarter of fiscal 2014. Gross profit margin, or gross profit as a percentage of net sales, was 30.4 percent in the second quarter of 2015, compared to 33 percent in the second quarter of 2014. The company achieved a year- over-year increase in net sales during Seeing results

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the first half of fiscal year 2015 in its commercial markets, but this was offset by decreases in net sales in specialty markets. Gross profit was $11.1 million in the first half of 2015, compared to $12.1 million in the first half of 2014. Gross profit margin was 30.7 percent in the first half of 2015, compared to 32.9 percent in the first half of 2014. Neil Wilkin, president and CEO, said: “We achieved sales growth in our commercial markets, but were challenged by weakness in certain specialty markets and by the strong dollar, whichwe believe impacted our international sales. In addition, gross profit margins for the quarter were less than expected due to product sales mix.”

A step-rise TDR instrument can measure changes in the characteristic impedance of a cable along its length, indicating a possible cable manufacturing defect, insulation damage or water ingress, in addition to focal impedance discontinuities indicating the presence of cable faults. “The CT100 has much better spatial resolution and distance-to-fault precision and accuracy than competing handheld TDR and VNA [vector network analyzer] instruments, and in particular is much easier to use and understand than competing handheld VNAs,” said Brandt Mohr, chief technologist. “These are key features for our military customers.”

Mohr Test and Measurement LLC has won a five-year contract award from the US Navy to supply high-resolution portable TDR cable testers. The contract is worth an estimated $5.3 million. The Naval Supply Systems Command selected Mohr’s upgraded CT100 TDR for its general purpose electronic test equipment program. The CT100 TDR will support shipboard, submarine, shore, and Marine Corps cable testing applications. The CT100 TDR cable tester is used for precision testing of twisted pair, coaxial, and multi-conductor cables and connectors. The instruments share features with high-end benchtop TDR sampling oscilloscopes including fast rise time step-rise test signal, sub-picosecond timebase resolution, and specialized TDR waveform analysis tools.

wiredInUSA - July 2015

wiredInUSA - July 2015

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