Article: Minuteman International First Quarter Net Rises 20.5 Percent; Sales a Record for Any Quarter

 
   Higher Margins Also Buoy Results 

ADDISON, Ill., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Minuteman International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MMAN) announced today that record sales for the first quarter of 1998, together with virtually no increase in general and administrative expenses, caused profit margins to increase, producing a 20.5 percent surge in net income on a 7.1 percent gain in sales. This was the first quarter during which sales breached the $15-million mark in the company's 17-year history.

"The revenue increase reflects the positive effects of promotional initiatives instituted over the past couple of years to gain market share, a price ...

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