TAIPEI, Taiwan, September 10, 2012 ?? Aurora Corp. (Ticker: 2373 TT / 2373 TW) today announced consolidated net sales for August 2012 of NT$1.01 billion, up 3% from July and down 7% from the same month last year. For the first eight months of the year, Aurora reported consolidated net sales of NT$8.63 billion, a 3% increase from the year-ago period.
Parent-only net sales in August increased 1% from July and decreased 9% from the same month a year ago to NT$223 million. For the first eight months of the year, parent-only sales of NT$1.83 billion was down 3% compared with the same period a year ago.
In China, net revenue in August was 103 million RMB, up 6% from July and down 13% from the same month last year, to represent 47% of company??s total sales. The office furniture performance in August had broken 60 million RMB, a record high. For the first eight months of the year, China revenue of 892 million RMB was flat from a year ago. By business segment, the office automation, office furniture and equipment revenue recorded year-over-year changes of -5%, 12% and -17% for the eight-month period, respectively.
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