Trappes, October 12th, 2015 - 7:00am CET
2015-3rd Quarter Sales
Trappes, October 12th, 2015. For the 2015 third quarter, Egide Group had consolidated sales of €5.1 million (unaudited), an increase by 6% compared to the third quarter 2014 and by 4% from the previous quarter of this year.
By business sector, defense and aerospace accounted for 69% of sales mix, the industrial sector 23% and the telecom sector 8%.
Egide SA accounted for 60 % of the total consolidated sales of the quarter and Egide USA 40%.
| In million Euros | 2014 | 2015* | Variation |
| 1st Quarter | 5.3 | 5.0 | - 6 % |
| 2nd Quarter | 5.2 | 4.9 | - 6 % |
| 3rd Quarter | 4.8 | 5.1 | + 6 % |
| Total 9 months | 15.3 | 15.0 | - 2 % |
* Unaudited
James (Jim) F. Collins, CEO, comments: « We are anticipating growth during the second half of this year compared to the previous one, in line with our objective to achieve in 2015, the same level of sales as last year. As we have a positive book to bill ratio in 2015, and we are deploying our previously announced new commercial strategy and organization, we expect double-digit growth in 2016. ».
New Website: www.egide-group.com
Egide has launched its new website that has been completely revamped to reflect its new commercial strategy and to support its growing presence within international markets. It has been designed with a "responsive design" and especially developed for smartphones and tablet use: all of its pages can be accessed with equal ease regardless of the terminal used (PCs, smartphones, tablets, TV, etc.). This new site brings many new features, market, technologies and products specificities, a section dedicated to investors with major market and financial information, the group's news and events, as well as information related to corporate governance
Financial Calendar
Publication of 2015 annual sales: January 15th, 2016
About Egide
Egide is a group with an international dimension, specialized in the manufacture of hermetic packages for sensitive electronic components. It operates in cutting edge markets with strong technology barriers to entry in all critical industry segments (Space, Defense, Security, Aeronautics, Telecommunications, Energy,.). Egide is the only pure player in this market niche with manufacturing bases in France and the United States..
*** NEW WEBSITE ***
Find all the information on the new Egide website: www.egide-group.com
Egide's shares are eligible to PEA-PME and FCPI.
EGIDE is listed on Euronext Paris(TM)- Compartment C - ISIN : FR0000072373 - Reuters : EGID.PA - Bloomberg : GID
Egide has renewed its certification "Entreprise Innovante" on July 30th, 2015
ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certified quality and environmental management systems
Contacts
EGIDE - Finance - Philippe Lussiez - +33 1 30 68 81 00 - plussiez@fr.egide-group.fr
FIN'EXTENSO - Press - Isabelle Aprile - +33 1 39 97 61 22 - i.aprile@finextenso.fr
