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| We believe that the actions we've taken will improve the kind of cadence of cash earnings in future periods |
| Net sales grew 21.4% over the prior year period to $195.2 million, benefiting from the contribution of Aircraft Wheel & Brake organic growth of 8.2% |
| We are successfully increasing our market share in Engineered Products segment, and our overall backlog remains robust |
| As Ian highlighted, our end markets are demonstrating strong performance |
| Results in the quarter demonstrate the continued strength we are seeing across our Engineered Products segment, which posted top line growth of 48.7% or 25.1% organically over the prior year |
| We are pleased to report that all of our end markets have performed well during the first half of the year, led by commercial, business and general aviation, where we benefited from the Aircraft Wheel & Brake acquisition and organic growth which was particularly strong across our Engineered Products portfolio, with the most meaningful growth coming from our engine aftermarket products |
| We see momentum in the defense end market with double-digit growth in both the quarter and first half of the year |
| The success is primarily attributed to the strength of our core defense portfolio, which helped to offset softness in our safe and armed devices related to the wind down of the JPF program |
| In the medical end market, we remain in a positive trajectory with growth in the first half exceeding 10% |
| As we continue to make improvements in our Precision Products and Structures segments, we are confident that we will be well positioned to achieve substantial earnings growth and steadily reduce our debt |
| The outstanding performance of our Engineered Products segment in this quarter demonstrates its earning power and growth potential and remains a focal point for our continued investment |
| We also continue to work diligently to reduce our costs and improve efficiency, and I'm pleased to report that these efforts led to an improvement in our net earnings for the period and a meaningful improvement in both adjusted EBITDA dollars and margins |
| As we progress through 2023, we are pleased to see that our strategic plans are yielding strong results just as we anticipated |
| Our results in the first half were ahead of our plan with a portion of our performance attributable to $7.2 million of EBITDA from our JPF program as we delivered against our commitments and a modest pull forward in volume from Aircraft Wheel & Brake ahead of their Q3 ERP go-live |
| So that's good news for us |
| Our primary focus remains on expanding our highest growth businesses, enabling us to generate more substantial returns |
| We feel like we're in a very strong position to win that relative to the maturity of our model and the approach we've taken with more off-the-shelf and proven parts and technology and things like that |
| These actions will reposition the segment for more profitable growth in the remaining programs as we seek to benefit from the investments we are making in future autonomous components and the unmanned KARGO UAV platform |
| Performance in the quarter was very strong, and we're delivering on our commitments to drive improved profitability and cash flow performance |
| So we feel good |
| I think when we look at all the reports, there's clearly a very nice recovery that's happening on the commercial side, predominantly Boeing and Airbus for sure |
| And beginning with Engineered Products, we are extremely pleased with the strong segment performance that continued through the first half, leading to overall sales growth of 48.7% or 25.1% organically |
| We saw growth across our Engineered Products portfolio in the second quarter as we are recovering back to pre-COVID levels for our commercial aerospace and defense products and are benefiting from our additional market share wins |
| Higher sales led to improved profitability with operating margins of 23% and adjusted EBITDA margin in excess of 30% |
| So I feel very comfortable with the forecast that we've talked about before, where when you look at those end markets for us on the Engineered Products business, they're going to continue to be very strong |
| Our segment level backlog remains robust as we -- as a result of strong demand and the addition of Aircraft Wheel & Brake |
| We expect to see continued strong performance for this segment in the second half of the year given the year-to-date strength and the continued demand for our products |
| This improved performance reflects the benefit of strong organic growth, cost-out measures we have taken to improve margin and better leveling of our quarterly performance |
| The segment continues to be an area of focus for us to improve costs through the footprint consolidation project and working capital improvements with the succession of K-MAX production, which we anticipate will drive improved operating results in the coming quarters |
| In our Structures segment, sales of $33.6 million improved both sequentially and year-over-year by 1% and 13%, respectively |
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| Segment level profitability continued to be pressured as we reported a small operating loss of $106,000 and adjusted EBITDA of $675,000 |
| We have lowered our expectations for net earnings to $3.7 million to $11.3 million and diluted EPS to $0.13 per share to $0.40 per share or $0.29 per share to $0.56 per share adjusted due to the higher expectations for interest expense |
| In our Precision Products segment, sales declined 32%, which is almost entirely due to the anticipated wind down of JPF program |
| Based on your updated but mostly maintained full-year guide, I think that implies a slightly worse second half than first |
| Segment operating income and adjusted EBITDA were negative $1.9 million and negative $1.1 million, respectively, as we continue to make investments in next-generation technologies |
| However, we're currently forecasting that at a slightly lower volume for the product |
| As we've disclosed previously, we have made the hard decision to discontinue production of our K-MAX aircraft |
| A lot of that has come down, though to the parts of the business that we are currently in the process of working our way through, whether that be K-MAX production, JPF production |
| And when you look at traffic miles, we've all been to the airport, and airports are crazy busy, but the reality of the situation is we're still kind of below those sort of pre-COVID levels, all things being equal |
| And so there were some conflicts relative to timing |
| The company's actual results could differ materially from those indicated in any forward-looking statements due to many factors |
| Lower earnings per diluted share in 2023 was attributable to the higher interest expense and lower pension income, partially offset by the stronger operating results we've seen in the year-to-date and quarter periods |
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