Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE: ROK), Milwaukee, WI, reported sales for the second quarter ended March 31, 2013, of $1.5 billion, a decrease of 2.5 percent compared to the same period a year earlier. Profit increased 4.8 percent to $179.5 million.
Architecture & Software second-quarter sales were $639.2 million, a decrease of 4 percent from the prior-year quarter. Organic sales decreased 3 percent. Segment operating profit was $169.9 million, a decline of 0.4 percent.
Control Products & Solutions sales were $883.6 million, a decrease of 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Segment operating profit was $115.3 million, an 8.9 percent increase.
For the first six months, sales for Rockwell were $3 billion, down 0.8 percent from the first six months of the prior year. Profit decreased 3.9 percent to $337.3 million.
“Solid sales growth in the Americas, with declines in EMEA and Asia-Pacific, reflect industrial markets that remain uneven around the world,” Keith D. Nosbusch, chairman and chief executive officer, said. “Given our first half results and our expectation that sluggish market conditions will persist, we are lowering our fiscal 2013 sales outlook to a range of $6.25 to $6.45 billion,” he said.
