AURORA Announces AugustConsolidated Sales of NT$1.01billion

 
Parent Company Sales(mn NT)20122011MoM%YoY%
August2232451%(9%)
January ~ August1,8321,883-(3%)
 
Consolidated Sals (mn NT)20122011MoM%YoY%
August1,0091,088(3%)(7%)
January ~ August8,6318,378-3%
 
China Sales (Mn RMB)20122011MoMYoY
August1031186%(13%)
January ~ August892895-(0%)
 
Sales by Region (%)TaiwanChina
August53%47%
January ~ August52%48%

Note: All figures provided herein were unaudited and prepared in accordance with ROC GAAP.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, September 10, 2012 –AURORA Corp. (Ticker: 2373 TT / 2373 TW) today announced consolidated net sales forAugust2012 of NT$1.01 billion, up3% 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%fromJulyand 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$1.83billionwas 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 represent47% 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 of892 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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