Columbus McKinnon reported a 7% increase in sales for Q1 2024, driven by growth in EMEA and APAC regions and strong automation and linear motion sales in the Americas. The company's gross margin expanded sequentially, and they are on track to exceed $1 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2024.
Strong orders in quarter of $257.0 million with book-to-bill ratio of 1.1x.
Record backlog of $355.3 million includes $23.4 million from the acquisition.
Sales of $235.5 million for first quarter fiscal 2024 increased 7%.
Gross margin expanded 90 basis points sequentially to 36.8%.
Columbus McKinnon expects second quarter fiscal 2024 sales of approximately $250 million to $260 million at current exchange rates.
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