Plant closing widens Unifi loss.(Business)

Home Textiles Today, October, 2004 by Hogsett, Don

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Weighed down by a $22.6 million loss stemming from the shutdown of its Ireland-based operation, yarn producer Unifi Inc. recorded a first fiscal quarter loss of $22.6 million, compared with a prior-year deficit of $4.6 million. But building sales at a double-digit pace and hacking strenuously away at costs, Unifi eked out an operating profit of $1 million, excluding one-time items, recovering from a $964,000 operating loss the year before.

Sales at Unifi, a producer of polyester and nylon-textured yarns, increased 10.1 percent, to $180.2 million from $163.7 million. Sales from continuing operations increased 7.4 percent. Driving the gain in operating profits, along with the increase in sales, Unifi slashed costs 23.4 percent...

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