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Re: CAD/CAM行業人士
Cimatron 2005年度虧損四百六十萬美元,六年來累計虧損一千五百萬美元, 開發部成本進一步大幅度縮減。 " o( s% J! u1 g5 V
Cimatron has just released its final year figures for 2005, which continue2 v3 R; C" r, E' b- D1 E/ f! ^
the trend of falling sales and increasing losses. Sales for the whole year1 L5 c) Z" q( x) M
were down from $23.2 million in 2004 to $20.9 last year, a drop of 10%, and
) }, T# b" E e" ndown from $6.4 million in Q4 of 2004 to $5.4 million in the last quarter of, M1 ]# t9 }: p( h; y' H# S
2005, a drop of 15%. Thus, not only are sales in decline but the rate of
8 G8 }/ U ?1 tdecline is increasing.
3 t% o$ {$ Q- x2 ^! q) D, p4 fCimatron's net loss for the year was $4.6 million, of which $1.7 million was
. m5 b3 o& f. k- |incurred in the final quarter. This latest result means that Cimatron has# z3 z( {1 V7 H; V+ m: Z
lost more than $15 million since 1999.
% X& O; T0 t% o [5 h! q9 DDevelopment expenditure in the final quarter showed a dramatic drop. After
" y* v, m, L( ^being about the same as 2004 for the first three quarters, the expenses were2 U/ h0 B0 j" Z c |
down from $1.6 million in Q4 2004 to only $863,000 in Q4 2005, a reduction
/ F% W1 s0 k3 `8 Nof over 46%. In contrast, selling, general and administrative expenses were9 E3 ~6 j. n: @- r* Y4 V/ [2 j
up from $14 million in 2004 to $15.7 million in 2005.7 w9 D3 C4 {8 i n0 F9 b# A" I
Overall, the value of Cimatron, that is, the value of its assets less the
( h+ R) o/ M6 s) vvalue of its liabilities, has fallen from $12.8 million at the end of 2004# j2 ?* t) X, O
to $8 million at the end of last year. At the current rate, the company1 s* h0 P5 O% K
will be bankrupt by the end of next year.
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