VOXX International Corp.

Earnings September 19, 2018

Mixed bags in latest Lakeland, Misonix quarterlies

LAKELAND INDUSTRIES Headquarters: Ronkonkoma Industry: Healthcare Nasdaq: LAKE Reporting Date: Sept. 10, 2018 Reporting Quarter: 2Q FY2019 Quarter Ended: July 31, 2018 Numbers: Net sales for the second quarter were reported as $25.6 million, a 7.1 percent increase from the $23.9 million reported for the same quarter last fiscal year. Quarterly net income dropped year-over-year – from $1.8 million in 2Q FY2018 to $1 million this year – but since the beginning of FY2019,…

Newsletters January 19, 2018

No. 274: Out-of-the-Voxx thinking, a literal lightbulb moment, an Amazonian longshot and making waves in Hauppauge

The end of the tunnel (and lights): Welcome to the blessed end of another work week. Today is Jan. 19 and the 135th anniversary of the first-ever electric lighting system employing overhead wires – Thomas Edison’s novel system started juicing Roselle, NJ, on this date in 1883. Speaking of bright ideas: The neon tube light was patented on this date, by inventor George Claude (1915), and the granddaddy of wordy board games, Scrabble, made its…

IT January 18, 2018

Hauppauge innovator ups its video-surveillance game

By GREGORY ZELLER // Making good on a promise by CEO Pat Lavelle, Voxx International Corp. has unveiled a new line of “innovative public safety products” focused heavily on video surveillance. In reporting the Hauppauge-based manufacturer and global distributor’s third-quarter FY2018 financial results Jan. 9, Lavelle noted “several new product introductions on the horizon across all of our business segments.” Voxx International quickly followed up, kicking off 2018 with the release of new dashboard-mounted cameras,…

Newsletters January 17, 2018

No. 273: Legalizing pot in NY, hacking with Homeland Security and new growth for Broadridge, Digital Donations and a CA spinoff

Marching on: Welcome to another week of Long Island innovation, and to what is actually a red-letter date in African-American history. While historical icons including Augustus Caesar, Christopher Columbus and Dwight Eisenhower all surface on Jan. 17, in honor of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, let’s spotlight Sherman’s Field Order No. 15, issued this date in 1865 by Union General William T. Sherman following his legendary March to the Sea. The order confiscated…