Fourth quarter 2004 sales were $876.7 million, up 13%, compared to sales of $778.0 million in last year’s fourth quarter. For all of 2004, sales were $3.37 billion, up 17% over sales of $2.87 billion in 2003. Including all items, Dow Corning reported consolidated net income of $70.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2004 and $238.3 million for all of 2004.
(February 1, 2005) Taichung, Taiwan — Siliconware Precision Industries Co. Ltd. (SPIL) reports fourth quarter sales revenues of NT$9.103 billion (U.S. $276 million), up 1.8% sequentially and up 13.1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2003. Net income for the quarter was NT$336 million (U.S. $10.2 million), compared with a net income of NT$1.088 billion in 3Q04 and NT$1.381 billion in 4Q03.