AMETEK Sales Up 1% in 2Q
Year-to-date sales increased 1.1 percent year-over-year.
Year-to-date sales increased 1.1 percent year-over-year.
CEO: Acquisition 'enhances' Applied Maintenance Supplies & Solutions offerings.
Sales declined in all geographic regions except for the Middle East/Africa.
Fourth-quarter sales down 10.8 percent year-over-year.
Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary finds success organically, acquisitively.
Demand for OSB weakened by wet weather in central U.S.
Profit for the distributor of pipes, valves and fittings plummeted 61.9 percent.
Execution of restructuring plans continues, with headcount down 9 percent from the beginning of the year.
During the quarter, TriMas completed the spinoff of its Cequent business into a new publicly traded company, Horizon Global Corp.
Profit increased 22 percent to $2.3 million.
MAPI forecasts 0.9 percent manufacturing decline in 2015 but 1.9 percent increase in 2016.
Challenger Industries has 11 locations in the U.S.
Production increases 0.1 percent in the EU28.