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| The primary reason for us to do this move is to improve our capabilities on the delivery front, on the quality front with our customer base and make sure we can be a good partner as we move forward |
| Our electrification wins were primarily driven by accelerometer and current sensors, where we continue to gain momentum in the market, benefiting from our strong pipeline of new opportunities from our maglab acquisition |
| For defense and medical markets, we anticipate a stable environment, with solid progress on the qualification of products for prospective new customers |
| Overall, we are focused on our long-term goals to drive profitable growth, the solid wins in the quarter, expansion of customers and pipeline of opportunities underscore our strong confidence in our future |
| We remain confident in our ability to drive cost in our supply chain and manufacturing sites to improve our operational performance and profitability |
| Supply chain is in better shape than the last couple of years |
| Sales to the Medical as well as Aerospace and Defense end markets remain strong, with continued growth momentum going into 2024 |
| Justin, our Board, and we feel we've got good cash flow generation, a strong balance sheet |
| Demand in Defense and Medical markets is expected to remain solid |
| Despite the near-term headwinds, CTS is well positioned for future growth, driven by the megatrends of increased automation connectivity, energy efficiency and minimally invasive medical innovation |
| In Defense, we had strong traction in secure communications, autonomous unmanned vehicles and advanced undersea imaging |
| We continue to see the foot well in the vehicle, as a space where we expect to expand our product offering with traditional accelerator modules, haptic modules, new brief eBrake product offering, weight and cost advantages and the future introduction of our dry pad technology, a low travel accelerator product |
| We had good momentum in the Medical as well as Aerospace and Defense end markets |
| So we feel very good about that increase in content going forward |
| And the other thing we've highlighted in the transcript today as well is the progress we're making on the electrified platforms with eBrake, with motor position sensing, especially now with current sensing, where we've had multiple wins, and we've got a really strong pipeline, which goes across the hybrid and the BEV platforms as well |
| So we feel good about that |
| We were successful with several sales wins in the quarter, including in industrial printing, EMC components and temperature sensing with two existing customers |
| In medical markets, where sales remain more stable, we are seeing steady demand and expect further growth in 2024 |
| As we look to our future, we're excited by the opportunity, the transition to electrification offers us, even as penetration rates adjust near term |
| We expect the long-term prospects for the aerospace and defense end market to be solid, given our enhanced capabilities and material formulations |
| Across medical and defense, we saw good growth and see continued momentum in the year ahead |
| During 2023, we made solid progress across our non-transportation end markets in multiple areas, with new customers and applications |
| We gained momentum on securing electric vehicle business in the quarter as we added three new customers |
| In 2023, we had a strong year of awards for electrified platforms, and continue to make progress on our goal of having more than 25% of our light vehicle revenue come from electrified platforms by 2025 |
| Additionally, we anticipate the megatrends of automation, connectivity and efficiency as well as growth in minimally invasive medical procedures will provide us momentum as we continue expansion in these markets |
| In the fourth quarter, we had solid wins across various product groups |
| We also see continued growth momentum in Medical and Aerospace and Defense end markets |
| Our balance sheet remains strong, with a cash balance of $164 million as of December 31, 2023, up from $157 million at the end of 2022 |
| You've seen us talk about some interesting wins, both in electrification as well as in the non-transportation market, which we are really excited about |
| We still feel good about the long term, and the slower transition in the short term doesn't have a material impact on us because of our portfolio, which mostly transitions between ICE and EV |
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| For the full year, Transportation sales were $301 million, down 1% from last year, primarily due to the softening of sales of commercial vehicle products in the fourth quarter |
| We continue to experience soft demand in the industrial, distribution and commercial vehicle markets as outlined in our last earnings call |
| We said that there would be, from our perspective, a softer demand a more competitive environment going forward |
| Sales to the transportation end market were down 1%, due to the softening of sales of commercial vehicle products |
| Sales to non-transportation end markets decreased 22% year-over-year, driven by continued softness in the industrial and distribution end markets |
| Sales to transportation customers were down 3% for the fourth quarter of last year -- from the fourth quarter of last year, due to the softness in sales related to commercial vehicle products |
| Fourth quarter adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.47 were down $0.09 from the same period last year |
| Adjusted gross margin in the fourth quarter was 34.2%, down 215 basis points, partially driven by the impact of lower volumes this quarter and the mix shift to transportation |
| And as I mentioned on the call, we expect a soft demand environment, more competitive pressures in the year ahead |
| In the industrial market, sales continue to be soft in the quarter, driven by decreased demand for microactuators used in industrial printing applications, due primarily to softness in China |
| On the last earnings call, we talked about the softer demand in commercial vehicles |
| Non-transportation sales declined 22% in the fourth quarter compared to the prior year period and declined 12% versus last year, driven primarily by the burn down of customer inventories across the industrial and distribution markets |
| We also saw softness across other industrial and distribution customers, as inventory levels continue to correct |
| Customer demand remained soft as expected in the fourth quarter |
| As we had previously discussed, we saw softness in the industrial and distribution markets, which we expect will last into the first half of 2024, with a potential recovery in the second half |
| Fourth quarter sales were $125 million, down 12% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, and down 7% sequentially from the third quarter of 2023 |
| We finished with sales of $125 million in the fourth quarter, a decline of 12% from the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| For the full year, Non-transportation sales were down 12%, and Transportation sales were down at 1% from last year |
| Transportation sales were $69 million in the fourth quarter, down approximately 3% from the same period last year |
| The primary drivers of the reduced gross margin were the unfavorable impact of lower revenue and end market mix |
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