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| We've also increased and improved our pricing on those products to get much better margins in the integrated electronics business |
| The solid demand in the defense market is a result of a positive tailwind in previous defense budgets, our strong strategic program alignment and key bookings for ongoing franchise programs |
| So we're just seeing a combination there, but certainly, terrific strength - ongoing strength in that generative AI portion of the data center computing end market for us |
| Revenues were within the previously guided range, due to better-than-expected results from our aerospace and defense and data center computing end markets, which was offset by lower-than-expected results from our medical, industrial and instrumentation and automotive end markets |
| Demand in our aerospace and defense market, which was 46% of revenues for the quarter, continues to be solid with continued strong backlog offset by weaker demand in some of our commercial end markets |
| This end market performed better than we expected and saw 15% year-on-year growth due to strength in our data center customers building products for generative AI applications |
| I'd say we had across North America in our PCB business also just very good productivity this year, better productivity than we had last year |
| And the earlier we can get involved and engaged in engineering and helping our customers, that's more value-added work, right? So that's been strong |
| In the fourth quarter of 2023, non-GAAP earnings per share were above the high end of the guided range, due to excellent operating performance and favorable product mix |
| We did have in the AP region, as you mentioned, good improvement from the generative AI product mix, but that - and that more than offset some of the softness in those commercial markets, the other commercial markets |
| But I'd say net-net, you know, that wasn't the largest driver, but certainly a continued strength going forward |
| So really pleased with how that strategy is developing on the Aerospace and Defense side of the business |
| Really excellent operational performance and favorable product mix |
| You're guiding, you know, nicely above consensus in Q1 |
| We delivered a strong finish to the year, despite the current uncertain macroeconomic environment, and I would like to thank our employees for their hard work and contribution to generating these results |
| Second, we generated a healthy cash flow from operations at 8.3% of revenue |
| So not a large part, but nice to see the ongoing growth there |
| Full year cash flow from operations was $187.3 million, enabling us to strengthen our balance sheet while returning some of the capital to shareholders |
| In 2023, advanced technology was 36% of our automotive end market compared to 31% in 2022, due to strong growth in our HDI and radar product areas |
| We're in good shape there |
| In 2024, we expect to be above the longer-term end-market growth of 4% to 7%, driven primarily by generative AI applications |
| The year-on-year increase was due to a more favorable product mix and improved execution in the North America region, partially offset by lower sales volume and less premium in our commercial markets |
| For the full year, aerospace and defense revenues grew 17%, primarily due to a full year of Telephonics in 2023 compared to six months in 2022 |
| That did allow us to repurchase stock, maintain a solid balance sheet |
| And then if you look at medical industrial instrumentation, we're just seeing medical holding up pretty well in Q1, and portions of instrumentation getting a bit better as well |
| And that's, I think, a function of really strong demand for generative AI as well as perhaps some shift in capital expenditures away from traditional data center to more generative AI |
| First, we delivered non-GAAP EPS that was above the high end of the guided range, with revenues in line with the guided range |
| We previously announced our plan to close three small manufacturing facilities in order to improve total plant utilization, operational performance, customer focus, and profitability |
| So yes, I think, again, trough for sure, is starting to see a bit of activity that are good indicators that the back half should improve |
| I think we're still seeing better demand climate there, though it is still down year-on-year |
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| For the full year, networking declined 46%, due to inventory correction at both networking and telecom customers, as well as weak demand at telecom customers |
| We expect this market in 2024 to be below longer-term forecasts of 3% to 5%, as customers continue to adjust inventories in light of ongoing demand softness |
| The sale of our BPA facility in Q2 2023 as well as the previously-announced PCB plant consolidation also contributed to the decline in net sales |
| The sale of the BPA facility in Q2 2023, as well as the previously-announced PCB plant consolidations, also contributed to the decline in net sales |
| We expect this market to be below longer-term forecasts of 2% to 5% growth in 2024, due to the softer start of the year |
| Demand was softer as customers continued to focus on inventory digestion as well as weak end market demand |
| So certainly a combination of ongoing demand softness and ongoing inventory controls as customers adjust their forecast |
| For the full year 2023, revenues declined 11%, driven by the downturn in commercial end markets, offset by growth in the aerospace and defense end market |
| The decision to build this new factory is a direct response to our customers' increasing concerns about supply chain resiliency and regional diversification, and in particular the need for advanced multi-layer PCB manufacturing options in locations outside the Greater China region |
| For the full year, net sales were $2.2 billion compared to $2.5 billion in 2022, a 11% decline was driven by declines in our commercial markets, partially offset by growth in our aerospace and defense end market, and a full year of the Telephonics acquisition |
| We expect our automotive business to contribute 14% of total sales in Q1, due to typical seasonality in the first quarter from the Lunar New Year and ongoing demand softness |
| For the full year, data center computing declined 16%, due to inventory corrections for semiconductor and data center customers early in the year, following 17% growth in 2022, 25% growth in 2021, and 9% in 2020 |
| For the full year, MI&I declined 25% due to the inventory correction at many customers and weak demand from semiconductor test companies following 16.7% growth in 2022, 11.5% growth in 2021, and 12.4% growth in 2020, well above industry forecasts three years in a row, as we took advantage of megatrends in faster-growing subsegments of this end market |
| Automotive, I think you're seeing that with others as well is down sequentially, a little bit more than just the Chinese New Year factor |
| So overall, on Automotive, this is one of the markets that I think is relatively soft |
| The lower year-over-year rate in Asia Pacific was caused by a decline in production volumes, while the lower year-over-year rate in North America was due to additional plating capacity added as well as a greater mix of higher technology product that requires less finished plating |
| For the full year, automotive decreased 16% due to the inventory correction at automotive customers |
| We are seeing year-on-year declines in all three major regions, particularly in Asia |
| However, we have challenged ourselves a bit to reduce our overall working capital as we go into the next year as we budgeted this current year |
| Government incentives and interest income of $3.6 million resulted in a net $3.4 million loss, or $0.03 negative impact to EPS |
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