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Advanced Power Components (APC) has bought data input devices distributor Contech Electronics for up to £1 million in cash, in a deal that further diversifies its business.
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Weak demand in the USA and Europe pushed Advanced Power Components into the red by £490,000 in the six months to February, but chairman Rex Thorne believes the company is poised to exploit a growing Asian market. Leslie Copeland reports.
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Recovery play APC, the specialist distributor of electronic components, has announced sparkling improvements in sales and profits for the half to February.
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Sector Articles
In a month that saw the techMARK 100 dip below 600 points for the first time, there was good news at last for followers of Patsystems. The electronic trading software group hit the headlines in January after all but admitting its previous management had sold its wares too cheaply. At the time several analysts urged the company to wind itself up and return cash to shareholders. It now appears Pat is taking partial notice of this advice.
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Over the past month the techMARK 100 index has fallen to an all-time low of 715.54. Happily, some of London's technology lights have been shining brighter amid the general gloom and the widespread share price collapse has left many good companies, with strong cashflows, trading on single-figure price/earnings ratios.
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Besides the US terrorist attacks that have hit most stocks, techMARK has been beset by its own particular problems, most notably in the TMT sector. The fall from grace of Marconi, and the eviction from the FTSE 100 of a string of other technology companies, left techMARK at 1331.08 – down 15 per cent on the month.
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