12-03 :: March/April 2012
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million, an increase of 24% compared with $616.6 million in 2010.
Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS were $110.3 million and $2.34 per diluted share, increases of 76% and 71%, respectively, compared with $62.7 million and $1.37 per diluted share in the prior year.
Sales of lithium battery separators in the fourth quarter were $52.0 million, an increase of 53% over the prior-year period. For the year, sales were $201.0 million, also an increase of 53%. The incre- ase reflects strong demand in Electronics and Electric Drive Vehicles (EDVs) offset by some modest weak- ness in consumer electronics in the fourth quarter.
For 2011, the split of sales between consumer elec- tronics and EDVs was roughly 60% and 40%, respec- tively. In the fourth quarter, EDV sales exceeded consumer electronics sales for the first time in the company‘s history.
POLYPORE is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of highly specialized polymer-based membranes used in separation and filtration pro- cesses.
http://www.polypore.net Q
uantenna Communications has closed a $79m funding round led by new lead investor
RUSNANO, with participation by a second new investor Bright Capital. All existing major investors, Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, Grazia Equity, Sigma Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners and Venrock Associates have also participated in the
financing. RUSNANO will invest up to $40 million and Sequoia Capital Growth Fund will contribute $20 million. Quantenna Communications is a fabless semiconductor company developing standards-based 802.11n and 802.11ac MIMO chipsets.
http://www.quantenna.com R
olith, Inc., a leader in developing advanced nanostructured coatings and devices, has recei-
ved Series A funding in the total amount of $5 mil- lion from DFJ VTB Capital Aurora and AGC Ame- rica. Rolith will utilize the $5 million investment to step up business development in an effort to address the current market need for industrial-scale nano- structured coatings. The US $5 million investments will also be used to expand the engineering team and further research and development.
Rolith coatings are enabled by a proprietary nano- lithography system, which offers superior through- put, lower cost and higher quality compared to existing methods. The company was formed by Dr. Boris Kobrin, Prof. Mark Brongersma and Julian Zegelman in 2008.
“We are excited to lead the Series A investment in Rolith, Inc. We believe that the company’s proprie- tary large-scale nanocoating method has great po- tential to become the new standard for a vast variety of industrial and consumer applications,” said Aidar Kaliev, Global Head of Venture Capital at VTB Ca- pital. “The team has an impressive track-record with several nanotech start-ups, combines Russian and US scientific backgrounds and has the necessary skills and experience to lead the company to success.”
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