White Electronic Expects To Be Profitable For 3Q <WEDC
(BSNS WIRE) White Electronic Designs Finishes Third Quarter FY 2001 With $4 White Electronic Designs Finishes Third Quarter FY 2001 With $45.5 Million of Backlog; Business Model Proves Effective
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PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2001--White Electronic Designs Corporation (NASDAQ: WEDC) is pleased to announce that at the end of the third quarter FY 2001 the Company's backlog of orders totaled $45.5 million. Of this amount $36.5 million is for Hi-Reliability Memory and Display customers whose programs have already been funded. Hamid Shokrgozar, Chairman and CEO of White said, "The third quarter backlog with its substantially increased Hi-Rel and Display components is very gratifying and reflects the success of our diversified business model. We have successfully finished the third quarter of fiscal year 2001 and we expect to be profitable", concluded Mr. Shokrgozar. White Electronic Designs Corporation supplies the wired and wireless communications industry with niche semiconductor products that support network systems, switches, base stations, and other hardware platforms. The Company designs and manufactures innovative solutions for three high technology sectors in military and commercial markets; high-density memory products and multi-chip modules for data communications and telecommunications providers; ruggedized high-legibility flat panel display for commercial/military aircraft and ordnance delivery systems; interface storage and retrieval devices, and electromechanical assemblies for OEM's in commercial and military markets. White is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, and has design and manufacturing centers in Arizona, Massachusetts, Indiana, and Oregon. To learn more about White Electronic Designs Corporation's business, as well as employment opportunities, visit our website, www.whiteedc.com. To learn more about White Electronic Designs' subsidiary Panelview Incorporated, visit its website at www.Panelview.com. This news release may contain forward-looking statements usually containing the words "believe", "expect" or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Future results of operations, projections, and expectations, which may relate to this release, involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the factors detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Company's other Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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CONTACT: White Electronic Designs Corp., Phoenix Hamid Shokrgozar, 602/437-1520 hamid@whiteedc.com or Cameron Associates, New York Michael Brod, 212/245-8800 michael@cameronassoc.com
KEYWORD: ARIZONA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS NETWORKING TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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