Chart Industries Reports 2010 Third Quarter Results

CLEVELAND, Oct. 28, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chart Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:GTLS), a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment used in the production, storage and end-use of hydrocarbon and industrial gases, today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. Highlights include:

• Strongest quarterly order intake in two years
• Earnings guidance revised upward
• Energy & Chemicals margin performance improves over 1 ^st half 2010
• Completed acquisition of Cryotech International

Net income for the third quarter of 2010 was $6.6 million, or $0.23 per diluted share. This compares with $8.2 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2009. The third quarter of 2010 included $1.5 million or $0.04 per diluted share, of restructuring costs associated with the announced shutdown of the Plainfield, Indiana facility acquired from Covidien and acquisition related costs associated with the Cryotech acquisition. The third quarter of 2009 also included restructuring costs of $1.2 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, primarily related to planned workforce reductions as part of the Company's cost reduction initiatives.

Third quarter 2010 earnings would have been $0.27 per diluted share excluding the $0.04 per share of restructuring and acquisition related costs. Third quarter of 2009 earnings would have been $0.31 per diluted share excluding the $0.03 per share of restructuring costs in that period.

Net sales for the third quarter of 2010 increased 8% to $139.2 million from $128.8 million in the comparable period a year ago. Gross profit for the third quarter of 2010 was $42.8 million, or 30.7% of sales, versus $39.4 million, or 30.6% of sales, in the comparable quarter of 2009. 

Backlog at September 30, 2010 was $212.6 million, up 6% from the June 30, 2010 level of $199.9 million. Orders for the third quarter of 2010 were $146.8 million compared with second quarter 2010 orders of $136.2 million.