The story originally ran on April 17.
Bruker said last week that it expects revenues for the first quarter of 2009 to decline in the single digits. Adjusted for the effects of foreign exchange, revenues are expected to increase in the low single digits.
Bruker officials offered the glimpse into the company's preliminary Q1 results during a presentation made to analysts that was filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The company has not yet scheduled its earnings release for the first quarter but is expected to announce results early next month.
During the presentation, company officials also said that as a result of cost-reduction moves, Bruker expects to achieve savings of about $15 million this year. Steps the firm has taken since the summer include reductions in the salaries of top management [See PM 04/16/09] and layoffs in the US and parts of Europe.
Last month, during a conference call to discuss its 2008 fourth quarter and full-year earnings, company CFO William Knight said that the global economy continued to tank in January and February and forecast currency-adjusted low single-digit percentage decline in revenue or flat revenue for full-year 2009.
During the first quarter of 2008, Bruker's revenues rose 15 percent to $238.4 million over Q1 2007 revenues of $207.5 million.