TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 9, 2012 ?? Aurora Corp. (Ticker: 2373 TT / 2373 TW) today announced consolidated net sales for February 2012 of NT$1.10 billion, representing increases of 8% month-over-month and 15% year-over-year, respectively. For the first two months of the year, Aurora reported consolidated net sales of NT$2.11 billion, a 4% increase from the prior year.
Parent-only net sales in February was NT$227 million, up 9% over January and 8% from a year earlier. For the first two months of the year, parent-only sales fell 1% from a year ago to NT$437 million.
Moving past the Lunar New Year holiday, which this year fell toward the end of January, net sales in China rose 14% from last month and 15% from a year earlier to 111 million RMB. As percentage of total consolidated monthly sales, the China market accounted for 47%. China net sales for the first two months totaled 208 million RMB, down 3% from the prior year, as lower sales of office equipment offset still-strong growth in office furniture and office automation (OA) systems.
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