Numbers game; Manufacturers dominate Superstar 10; auto suppliers, banks disappear.(Focus)

Crain's Detroit Business, July, 2005

1. Somanetics Corp.: Oxygen device starts to take off Tucked near an I-75 bypass in Troy, Somanetics Corp. is quietly becoming one of Southeast Michigan's more successful publicly traded companies. Somanetics makes a device called a cerebral oximeter, a machine that monitors brain oxygen levels during surgery so doctors can quickly respond to prevent strokes and other complications.

And you don't have to be a brain surgeon to see it's a product that's paying off for the company. Somanetics (Nasdaq: SMTS) reported second-quarter and midyear results June 14. The company reported net income of about $1.5 million or 12 cents a share on revenue of about $9.1 million for the first six months of the year ending May 31. That compares with net income of about...

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