Park Systems' second-quarter sales reached KRW 12.4 billion, a 33% decrease year-over-year.
Published2021.08.18 14:09
Park Systems' Q2 2021 Business Performance (Unit: KRW 100 million, %, Consolidated Financial Statements)
Backlog of orders and transactions are increasing, and earnings are expected to improve in the second half of the year.
Park Systems reported poor performance in the second quarter of 2021 due to delivery delays and an increase in sales of research-use atomic force microscopes.
Park Systems announced its second-quarter 2021 earnings on the 17th. According to the report, sales decreased 33% year-on-year to KRW 12.4 billion, and operating profit recorded a KRW 1 billion loss. Net income was 1.2 billion won, a 64.7% decrease from the same period last year.
Regarding these performances, SK Securities' Han Dong-hee said that despite the brisk orders for industrial atomic force microscopes for semiconductors, the poor performance was attributed to the postponement of sales due to delays in delivery dates and the temporary deterioration of MiX combined with the increase in the proportion of research-use atomic force microscopes.
New orders in the first half of the year amounted to KRW 46.5 billion, a 16% increase year-on-year, and the order backlog reached KRW 33.2 billion. Considering this, it is believed that market demand and expansion of customer base are continuing.
Meanwhile, Park Systems, founded in 1997, is a company with the world's best technology in the field of atomic force microscopy. It has established a global sales network in over 30 countries and supplies atomic force microscopy to various fields around the world.
Atomic force microscopes are used in major semiconductor industries and academia due to their advantages such as measurement accuracy, high resolution, and user convenience.
Compared to electron microscopes, atomic force microscopes (AFMs) are less subject to environmental constraints. They utilize a probe to maximize tactile sensation, allowing the detection of new properties of objects. They can be used in air, vacuum, and solution, and require no sample preparation. Furthermore, they provide quantitative three-dimensional shape information, such as height, angle, and roughness, enabling accurate measurements and offering superior resolution and user convenience.
High demand is expected from industries including semiconductors and academia.
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