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wiredInUSA - July 2015
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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
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.”
Seeing results
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.
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.”
Navy choice
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