Align-Rite International’s Income and Sales Surge

Burbank-based Align-Rite International Inc. posted its second-highest income and sales in company history during its second quarter.

Earnings for the three months that ended Sept. 30 were $1.5 million, up 7% from $1.4 million a year ago, while sales rose to $11.4 million, up 19% from $9.6 million in 1996.

For the six months, Align-Rite reported earnings of $2.9 million, up 7% from $2.7 million in 1996, and sales of $22 million, up 15% from $19.2 million a year earlier.

The quarter marked the first full quarter of operations at Align-Rite’s new manufacturing plant in Heilbronn, Germany, and expansion of another plant in Wales.

Align-Rite manufactures photomasks, precision plates used by the semiconductor industry to help transfer circuit patterns onto silicon wafers.